An Octopus's Garden

Heinz Hajek-Halke, Untitled, 1953

Vintage gelatin silver print, 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (37.8 x 28.6 cm)

(octopus)

8070

$9,000

Jean Painlevé, Daphnie, 1928

Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 5/16 x 14 1/4 in. (26.2 x 36.2 cm)

(commonly called a water flea) most likely made during the filming of La Daphnie
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8062

$9,000

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Patte de Crevettes, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 14 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (36.2 x 21.3 cm)

[Paw of Shrimp] or Pince du Crevettes de Sable [Claw of Sand Shrimp] (most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film)

8061

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Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Patte de Crevettes, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm)

[Paw of Shrimp] (most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes)
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8055

$6,500

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Rostre sur le nez de la crevette, c. 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (22.2 x 16.2 cm)

[rostrum/ridge on the shrimp's nose] (most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes)
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8056

$6,500

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Détails trés grossis du rostre de la tête d’une crevette, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.6 x 15.6 cm)

[Very enlarged details of the rostrum of the head of a shrimp]
most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film and a link to a print of the same image at Centre Pompidou

7597

$6,000

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Pince de Homard, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)

[Lobster Claw] Later titled "Pince de Homard ou de Gaulle" after the French President in 1945 removed Painleve as director of French cinema.
see More Info below for a link to a print of the same image at Centre Pompidou.

8060

$6,000

Jean Painlevé, Gueule de poisson montrant les rangées de dents, 1927-29

Vintage gelatin silver print, 5 1/4 x 6 3/16 in. (13.3 x 15.7 cm)

[mouth of a fish showing the rows of teeth]
see More Info below for a links to other prints in museum collections

7600

$6,000

Jean Painlevé, L' Hippocampe, 1931

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 x 8 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm)

[The Seahorse] (most likely made during the filming of L'Hippocampe)
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8057

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Jean Painlevé, L' Hippocampe Femelle, 1931

Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 x 8 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm)

[The Female Seahorse] (most likely made during the filming of L'Hippocampe)
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8058

$8,000