Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, German, 1893-1969) - Series of 6 photographs: Pavillon de l'élégance, 1937

Six (6) photographs of the series "Pavillon de l'élégance", depicting mannequins and dresses of Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975, French fashion designer).

Gelatin silver prints, all marked "Einmalige Auflage (One-off edition) für die griffelkunst 1996".

In good condition, light trace of age, very slight corner bumps. Please check the scans for details.

Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, 1913-1951)is considered one of the most important modern artists.
The artist began an apprenticeship as a photographer in 1930 and attended classes at the Reiman-Schule, the Berlin school of applied arts. Moholy-Nagy advised Wols, who had applied at the Bauhaus, to go to Paris. Here he painted and worked as a portrait photographer and a German teacher. He was given his first large commission as a photographer in 1937 at the Paris World Exhibition. He actively worked on his photographs, which were shown in many of Paris's most prestigious galleries.
He is considered a pioneer of lyrical abstraction, one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement. He is the author of a book on art theory entitled Aphorismes de Wols.