Category: Photographs

The Aymé family at their home in Dole, Jura, 1931. Top left: General Aymé; top right: Marcel Aymé; centre left: Michel, Marcel Aymé’s son; centre right: Marcel Aymé’s wife; seated: Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989)

Joseph Inguimberty (France, 1896-1971), towards 1930.

Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) in her Hanoi studio, around 1932

Alix Aymé (France, 1894-1989) polishing a lacquer panel in her Paris studio, around 1950

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) in the room-workshop of the old Régina Hotel on the Cimiez hill in Nice, sitting in his bed following paralysis, drawing the figures of the Vence chapel on the walls with a charcoal attached to a pole; taken by Walter Carone (Italy/France, 1920–1982) in April 1950. In 1941, the French artist ...

Jean Volang, the esteemed artist, holding Nguyễn Gia Trí’s Les Trois Femmes (Three Ladies) at the home of his friend, Jean-François Hubert, in Paris, 2000. On the reverse of the masterpiece, Volang’s heartfelt inscription stands as both a testament to authenticity and a tribute to his dear friend: 'Je soussigné, Jean Volang, artiste-peintre, 167, rue ...

Professors surrounded by students of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (The Fine Arts College of Indochina)'s first three classes in Hanoi circa 1927, Victor Tardieu (seated in the middle, holding his hat).

Lee Miller (America, 1907–1977) In Hitler's Bathtub Secret behind the photo The Woman in Hitler's Bathtub by Lee Miller With this black and white photograph of a beautiful woman in a bathtub, the look a little lost, a little vague, it would almost look like a Hitchcock movie... The tension is palpable and yet you ...

Photograph of Empress Nam Phuong (Vietnam, 1914–1963) with her children and mother from 1935 to 1939.

Empress Nam Phuong (Vietnam, 1914–1963) photograph and her handwritten inscription, signed and dated 9 November 1939 in Hue, as a gift to Mrs Graffeille, the wife of Senior Resident Maurice Graffeuil, present in Indochina between 1921 and 1940.