portfolio 2

Paul Citroen
10 Photographs 1928–1933

Portfolio 1980

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

At the theatre, 1929

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Dummy, 1928

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Toilet, Rietwald House, 1932

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

In the morning, 1929

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Model, 1933

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 15,5 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Estella, 1932

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Franz Osborn, 1933

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

20,4 x 15,6 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Jos Silleves, 1930

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

László Moholy-Nagy, 1933

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

PAUL CITROEN (1896–1983)

Alannah, 1928

gelatin silver print, printed 1980

22,5 x 16 cm

© Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin

 

Biography
1896 born in Berlin, son of dutch parents. 1913–1914 studied painting and sculpture in Berlin-Charlottenburg. 1915–1916 apprentice in bookshop. 1917 becomes book- and artdealer in Holland. After 1918 takes part in Dadda-Movement in Berlin. 1919 first photomontages, Metropolis et al. 1922–1924 studies at the "Bauhaus" with Johannes Itten. 1926 friendship with UMBO. 1927 final emigration to Holland. 1930–1933 works as portrait photographer. 1933–1937 founder and director of the "Nieuwe Kunstschool" in Amsterdam. 1935–1960 teacher for art design at the Academy for Fine Arts in Den Haag. 1944–1945 resistance. Since 1946 working as painter and sculptor in Wassenaar. Died in 1983

The portfolio contains ten signed original photographs and is published in a limited edition of twenty five copies and five artist's proofs in Roman numerals. The photographs were processed to archival standard and printed on Agfa-Gevaert paper, Portriga Rapid 111, by Ulrich Görlich under the supervision of Paul Citroen.

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