E.J. Bellocq (American, 1873-1940). Storyville Portrait, circa 1912. Gelatin silver print, probably printed by Dan Leyre...

Description

E.J. Bellocq (American, 1873-1940)
Storyville Portrait, circa 1912
Gelatin silver print, probably printed by Dan Leyrer, circa 1960
7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm) (image)
8 x 10 inches (sheet)
Credited in ink, verso.

Following Bellocq's passing in 1940, his collection of glass plate negatives was discovered in Sal Ruiz's antique store, which later ended up with Larry Borenstein. Upon Borenstein's request, Dan Leyrer, a photographer from New Orleans, produced a series of prints from these negatives in the early 1960s.

LITERATURE:
E. Bellocq, Storyville Portraits: Photographs from the New Orleans Red-Light District, circa 1912, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1970, pl. 25.


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