E. J. Bellocq
Untitled
1911-1959
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E. J. Bellocq
Untitled
1911-1959
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 257 x 205 mm. (10 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Image: 242 x 194 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alan and Carol Edelman Acquisition Fund
Object Number
2002.28
E.J. Bellocq was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans in the first few decades of the twentieth century. After his death, a group of eighty-nine glass plate negatives was discovered among his belongings and was later reprinted. These images depict prostitutes, clothed and undressed, from the then-legal red-light district of New Orleans known as Storyville. The anonymous women, beautifully and sympathetically portrayed, appear very much at ease with the photographer.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
'E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits,' Julie Saul Gallery, New York, December 13, 2001-February 2, 2002. BMA, 'New on View,' June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
'E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits,' Julie Saul Gallery, New York, December 13, 2001-February 2, 2002. BMA, 'New on View,' June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
Inscribed: VERSO: LWRC (blue ink): 'Photograph by Ernest Bellocq'
