WEEKLY TRANSMISSION N°19
BERTRAM PARK AND ANACREONTIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Part of lot 7
ROYAL AUDACE:
THURSDAY 11 MAY 2017
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“With the flowery crowned spring, now the vernal rose we sing ...” “Je dirai la rose aux plis gracieux ...” (Delisle - Fauré, French) Weekly Cartoon by Théophile: Royal Audace Revisited Bertram Park was a royalty portrait photographer ... Fifteen Studies of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form Selected Bibliography WWW.PLANTUREUX.FR
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“With the flowery crowned spring / Now the vernal rose we sing; Sons of mirth, your sprightly lays / Mix with ours, to sound its praise: Rose, the gods' and men's sweet flower; / Rose, the Graces' paramour: This of Muses the delight, / This is Venus' favourite...” The e-bulletin presents articles as well as selections of books, albums, photographs and documents as they have been handed down to the actual owners by their creators and by amateurs from past generations. The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, and printing dates of the books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collation and through close analysis of comparable works. When items are for sale, the prices are in Euros, and Paypal is accepted.
N°19-2017: ROYAL AUDACE Previous transmissions can be found at www.plantureux.fr
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Music ? Please click on link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOuqOG46KTk (Gabriel Fauré: La Rose - Massimo Crispi, tenor & Antonio Ballista, piano)
Je dirai la rose aux plis gracieux. La rose est le souffle embaumé des Dieux, Le plus cher souci des Muses divines! Je dirai ta gloire, ô charme des yeux, Ô fleur de Kypris, reine des collines! Tu t'épanouis entre les beaux doigts De l'Aube écartant les ombres moroses; L'air bleu devient rose, et roses les bois; La bouche et le sein des vierges sont roses! Heureuse la vierge aux bras arrondis Qui dans les halliers humides te cueille! Heureux le front jeune où tu resplendis! Heureuse la coupe où nage ta feuille! Ruisselante encor du flot paternel, Quand de la mer bleue Aphrodite éclose Étincela nue aux clartés du ciel, La Terre jalouse enfanta la rose; Et l'Olympe entier, d'amour transporté, Salua la fleur avec la Beauté! (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La Rose", from Poèmes antiques, in Odes anacréontiques, no. 9, published 1852)
I shall speak of the Rose with its graceful folds. The Rose is the embalmed breath of the Gods, the dearest care of the divine Muses! I shall speak of its glories, o delight of my eyes, O flower of Kypris, queen of the hills! You bloom between the lovely fingers of the dawn dispelling the sombre shadows; The azure air becomes rosy and tints the woods, The lips and breast of virgins are rose-blushed! Happy the virgin with rounded arms that in the humid thickets gathered you Happy the young face that you adorn! Happy the cup where your petals float! Carried along on the primeval flow, When from the sea Aphrodite emerged Glistening naked under the clear blue sky, The jealous earth gave birth to the Rose; And the whole of Olympus, transported by love, Saluted the flower as the Queen of Beauty! (Translation from French to English by Douglas Watt-Carter, 2003)
Weekly Cartoon: Royal Audace Revisited by ThĂŠophile Bouchet Galliano
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Bertram Charles Percival Park (1883-1972) Bertram Park was a portrait photographer whose work included British and European royalty. His photographs were widely used on British postage stamps, currency, and other official documents in the 1930s, and the source for two paintings by Walter Sickert. For example, Park provided the photograph of George VI on which the 4d Southern Rhodesian stamp was based. In 1910, Bertram Park was one of the founders of the London Salon of Photography. In 1916, Park married the photographer Yvonne Gregory (1889-1970) at Hampstead and she became one of his principal models. They produced together a number of photographic books of the female nude. In 1919, with funding from the Egytologist Lord Carnarvon, he established studios at 43 Dover Street, London, with Yvonne and photographer Marcus Adams. They shared darkroom staff and facilities and were known as the "Three Photographers". Park exhibited as part of the European avant-garde movement in the Premier Salon International de Nu Photographique which took place in Paris in 1933 in the company of Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, and others. Police career. Outside photography, Park was a Commandant in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary and was noted as such in 1927 and 1939. He was an expert in the cultivation of the rose and the editor of The Rose Annual. In 1957, a review in the American Institute of Biological Sciences described his Guide to Roses, for which he also provided the photographs, as "the last word on roses".
Peut-on dire que la Rrose est la plus bellle des fleurrs ?
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Perilous Crossing, Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 75x102 mm, mounted. 240 euros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOuqOG4
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Still Tennis, Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 70x100 mm, numbered in ink by the artist, partial stamp on mount verso. 240 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Tennis Rally, Chronophotography, England, c. 1927. Three vintage silver prints, 102x70 mm, numbered in ink by the artist, “lighter”, partial stamp on mount verso. (3) 450 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Alphabet, Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 54x90 mm, numbered in ink by the artist, partial stamp on mount verso. 300 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). In the Torrid Heat of the Desert, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 70x102 mm, numbered in ink by the artist, partial stamp on mount verso. 180 euros
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BERTRAM PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Going for the Ball, or Study of Little Mocking, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 72x100 mm, numbered in ink by the artist, partial stamp on mount verso. Sold with page II image. (Pair) 400 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Surface disorders, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver prints, 65x100 mm, numbered in pencil by the artist. Sold as a pair with the cover image. (Pair) 1200 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Study of Sunlight and Shadow in the water, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 65x100 mm, numbered in pencil by the artist. 600 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Surface disorders, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver prints, 65x100 mm, numbered in pencil by the artist. Sold as a pair with the back cover image. (Pair) 600 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). The tractor Air Chamber, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver prints, 70x102 mm, numbered in ink by the artist. (Pair) 300 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Classical Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form, English Seashore, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 105x72 mm, numbered in ink by the artist “14”, partial stamp on mount verso. 180 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). The wreckers, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver prints, 112x92 mm, initials in ink by the artist “C” & “D”. (Pair) 450 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Seeing in the Distance, English Seashore, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 102x75 mm, numbered in ink by the artist “96”, partial stamp on mount verso. 240 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). The Watchtower, Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 102x70 mm, numbered in ink by the artist “90”. 240 euros
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BERTRAM CHARLES PERCIVAL PARK (1883-1972). Rock Climbing, England, c. 1927. Vintage silver print, 100x75 mm, partial stamp on mount verso. 120 euros
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Selected Publications... Photography : Living Sculpture: A Record of Expression in the Human Figure &c., Batsford, London, 1926. (With Yvonne Gregory and G. Montague Ellwood) Melodie des KĂśrpers. KĂźnstlerische Photostudien von Bertram Park, 1929 The Beauty Of The Female Form, Routledge, London, 1934. (With Yvonne Gregory) Sun Bathers: A Companion Volume to "The Beauty Of The Female Form": 48 photographic studies, Routledge, London, 1935. (With Yvonne Gregory) Curves and contrast of the human figure, Bodley Head, London, 1936 Eve in the sunlight, Hutchinson, 1937. A Study of Sunlight and Shadow on the Female Form for Artists and Art Students, Bodley Head, London, 1939. (With Yvonne Gregory) Roses Collins guide to roses, Collins, London, 1956. The World of Roses, Harrap, 1962. Roses: The cultivation of the Rose, National Rose Society, 1967. The Rose Annual. Multiple editions. (Editor)
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