PARIS June '14 San Sulpice & Bievres Collectible Fairs

Back to Paris in a few days for the San Sulpice Book & Paper Fair as well as the Bievres Photo Fair both held outdoors in the wonderful June weather. Links to San Sulpice and Bievres. The internet photo of Bievres above is from maybe 40 years ago. In it's 50th year the fair began as a camera and hardware market and over the years expanded to include collectible photographs. It's a wonderful weekend about 20 minutes outside Paris. Email if you in Paris and would like to get together at the fairs or for a drink.

Meanwhile I will be making the rounds of my colleagues, friends, collectors and dealers in the ongoing discovery of new treasures for my clients and colleagues. Here are links to other noteworthy shows and exhibitions: Monumenta 2014 the annual "site specific" project installation at the Grande Palais; Tattooists, Tattooed at the Musee du quai Branly; Lucio Fontana at the Musee d'Art Moderne; Cartier Foundation 30th Anniversary exhibition; the ongoing 25th Anniversary exhibition of Raw Vision at the Halle St.Pierre.

Plus Modernites Plurielles 1,000 pieces of art from the collection at the Pompidou + The Clock; comic book art at the Art Ludique galleries on the Seine.

Herbert Hoffman tattooing sailors at 

his Hamburg shop

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Paris Paper Show: February 2012

The Paris Book, Paper and Antiques Show at Freyssinet flew by and it was great to once again participate. Above and below are photos of my stand in the Photo Ancienne area of the fair.

The grey fabric covering the wood walls looked great and was very easy for hanging my impromptu photo exhibition. Included in my presentation were photographs by Brassai, Manasse, Yva Richard Studio, Irving Klaw, F.X. Bertin, Monsieur "X", Ostra/Biederer Studio, Grundworth, Jean Moral and Roger Schall.

Alexandre Dupouy figuring out "the deal".

Saturday lunch from Le Perigord restaurant, set up for the duration at the venue. Three daily specials. Place your order, give your stand number, return 15 minutes later and your plate is ready to take back to your stand. 
I love Paris!

The Photo Ancienne Area

Above and below: the stand of Philippe Legende exhibiting some exceptional photographs from the silent cinema. 

 Mid-day light pouring in through the upper wall of windows.

Above and below: The stand of Matthieu Cuchet.

 Three of my fellow photo dealers; from the left: Philippe Legende, Philippe Jacquier and Matthieu Cuchet. The climate inside the (huge) venue for the two first days was frigid.

Above: Philipper Legende's stand and below, Philippe Jacquier's.

Books and Paper

Alain Gomet's stand, always overflowing with amazing cinema history.

Mark Wolfe and Olivier Antoine shared this stand overflowing with pin-up, glamour, nude and erotic photography. Great material!

Rare, hard cover editions of "bandes dessinees", French comic books.

Antiques

Napoleon, once again exiled!

A "set" waiting for the next episode of Twin Peaks to be taped!

Superb, seashell fantasy ceramic, circa 1950s?

Acrylic pin-up figurines, many of them characters from French comics, popular in the 1990s and now very collectible.

Nice display of clocks and lighting fixtures. 

Beautiful vitrine display of toys and objets d'art.

After closing my stand Sunday evening....

...dinner, bathed in the yellow light of Le Bistro Du Dome in Montparnasse. Jocelyne Dupouy, Gilles Berquet (top) + Alexandre Dupouy and Mirka Lugosi. 

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