Old Paris, Au Bacchus D'Or by Max Pollak

Old Paris, Au Bacchus DOr by Max Pollak

Old Paris, Au Bacchus D'Or

Max Pollak

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Title

Old Paris, Au Bacchus D'Or

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
1925  
Technique
softground etching & color aquatint 
Image Size
12 x 7 11/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
Pr. Pr. (printer's proof) 
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 
Reference
No. 23 on the checklist of titles included in Pollak's exhibition at the University of California, April 3 - May 15, 1949 
Paper
ivory laid with Van Gelder Zonen watermark 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
23752 
Price
$500.00 
Description
Au Bacchus D'Or cafe was located in Paris, possibly on rue Frederic Sauton, and was attached to the front of an aging hotel when this image was created. Max and Friedl Pollak traveled throughout France in 1925, and Max paid special attention to Paris and the Pyrenees region. Here, an ordinary street corner becomes an intimate portrait of early 20th century, everyday city life. At night the streets will surely alight with revelers, but for now, the afternoon is quietly industrious, and the worn facades of the buildings watch over the street as they've done for many generations. 
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