The Old Print Shop

Floating. [Untitled].

  • ARTIST: Ylla [Camilla Koffler]

  • MEDIUM: Silver gelatin photograph,

    DATE: undated.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 4 7/16 x 3 5/8" (11.4 x 9.2 cm). Paper size 7 1/4 x ?4 5/8" (18.4 x 11.7 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Artist's name & publisher stamped on verso. Ylla (born Camilla Koffler) was a Hungarian photographer who specialized in animal photography. Rapho Guillemette Pictures was founded by Hungarian immigrant Charles Rado in 1933 in Paris. It began under the name Rapho Agency. Rado was forced to flee Europe during World War II and picked the business back up in New York City in the 1940s under the name Rapho Guillumette Pictures because of his partnership with photographer Paul Guillumette. The firm was well known for its humanist photography.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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