65 - Marc VAUX (1895–1971)

Marc VAUX (1895–1971) Robert Delaunay Portrait of the painter seated with his legs crossed, posing in front of one of his paintings featuring circular shapes. Silver print 22.6 x 16.9 cm Inscription on the reverse: Photographer’s purple stamp “PHOTO Marc VAUX / 114bis, Rue de Vaugirard / PARIS-VIe - Tel. LITtré 90-01,” crossed out with a pencil; pencil annotations: “Delaunay,” “page 105,” “no negative” (underlined); horizontal framing arrow with an illegible annotation [?]; two small spots and traces of adhesive on the top margin 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 photographers’ 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.