68 - Marc VAUX (1895–1971)

Marc VAUX (1895–1971) Portrait of Chaïm Soutine in Profile A bust portrait of the painter, viewed in profile to the right; the image has a pronounced grain and was likely reproduced from an older photograph. Silver print 17.5 x 12.5 cm Two pieces of adhesive tape on the reverse Inscription on the reverse: Photographer’s purple stamp “PHOTO Marc VAUX / 114bis, Rue de Vaugirard / PARIS-VIe - Tel. LITtré 90-01”; pencil annotation: “Portrait of Soutine”; remnants of adhesive tape at the top and on the stamp Provenance: former Jean-Marie Drot collection Born in Orne in 1895, Marc Vaux moved to Montparnasse after World War I and opened his studio at 114 bis, rue de Vaugirard, in 1927. 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.