64 - Marc VAUX (1895–1971)

Marc VAUX (1895–1971) Carco–Warnod Group, School of Paris, circa 1925 About thirty artists and writers gathered around Francis Carco and André Warnod, most wearing caps, posing in a café or ballroom; some are in costume, with a white dog and a bugler in the foreground. The reverse side identifies Pascin in the center, with a cigarette and cap, as well as Foujita and Léopold-Lévy. Silver print * 17.1 x 22.5 cm Inscription on the reverse: Photographer’s purple stamp “PHOTO Marc VAUX / 114bis, Rue de Vaugirard / PARIS-VIe - Tel. LITtré 90-01”; pencil annotations: “Carco Group (Francis) Warnod (André). / School of Paris—Pascin in the center with cigarette and cap / Foujita / Léopold-Lévy” Provenance: former collection of Jean-Marie Drot Born in the Orne department in 1895, Marc Vaux moved to Montparnasse after World War I and opened his studio in 1927 at 114 bis, rue de Vaugirard. Nicknamed “the painters’ photographer,” he photographed works of art and artists in their studios—from Matisse to Brancusi—worked for galleries, and covered the major Parisian art shows. A member of the Resistance during the war, he founded a mutual-aid center for artists in 1946, the magazine *Montparnasse-Carrefour des Arts* in 1948, and the Musée du Montparnasse in 1951. His collection of glass negatives, preserved at the Kandinsky Library (Centre Pompidou), constitutes an exceptional record of the School of Paris. He died in Paris in 1971.