WILLY MAYWALD - FASHION II - Lot 17

WILLY MAYWALD - FASHION II Early fashion photographs taken in the photographer's studio in Paris (a hat by milliner Gérard Albouy worn by his sister), 1938. Photograph, vintage silver print mounted on cardboard, with Maywald’s autograph (in pencil) beneath the image. 22.7 x 22.5 cm (photograph); 42 x 31.7 cm (cardboard). Signs of handling on the cardboard (stain at the bottom of one side). Note: In this second portrait from 1938, Willy Maywald is already experimenting with the stylistic elements that would later make him famous in haute couture photography. Gérard Albouy’s sculptural hat and the interplay of fabrics create a refined image, foreshadowing his future work for the major Parisian fashion houses.