Adolf de Meyer: The Balloon Man, 1912

Adolf de Meyer — The Balloon Man (1912)

Camera Work, No. 40, October 1912

An original photogravure reproduction of Adolf de Meyer’s The Balloon Man, published as Plate XII in Camera Work No. 40 in October 1912.

The photograph depicts a balloon vendor in a cap surrounded by his balloons. De Meyer’s soft-focus technique and subtle tonal range give the portrait a dreamlike, almost theatrical quality.

This impression is printed on thin Japanese/rice paper and is in excellent condition. Please see the accompanying photographs for details.

Details

• Artist: Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946)
• Title: The Balloon Man
• Date: 1912
• Process: Hand-pulled photogravure
• Publication: Camera Work, No. 40, October 1912
• Plate: XII
• Image size: 8⅝ × 6⅝ inches
• Sheet size: approximately 12¼ × 8⅜ inches
• Condition: Excellent

A fine example of de Meyer’s Pictorialist photography and of the finely produced photogravures published in Camera Work.

$ 275.00