Vibrant cibachrome print, ca. 1943 (printed later) by the German-born American photographer. Unsigned. In very fine condition. Sight 10.5 x 13 inches (27 x 33 cm.), nicely matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 20 inches.
During World War II, Esquire magazine hired Bruehl to create the Esquire Canteen, a series of photographs depicting fictional New York City night club scenes, made for the men of the armed forces. Each month a photograph of a different night club act was featured in the Canteen, accompanied by a story about the entertainers. Harlem Number, at the Versailles Café, was the Canteen image in the July 1943 issue. The photograph spotlights Eleonor Fairchild and her dapper partner Hugh Ellsworth.
References: Bonnie Yochelson, Anton Bruehl (Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998), p. 18; Therese Mulligan and David Wooters, eds., Photographs from 1839 to Today: George Eastman House (Köln, 2000), p. 565
Bonnie Yochelson, in her catalogue Anton Bruehl (Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998), discusses the genesis of the Esquire Canteen series, in which this image was featured.
Vibrant cibachrome print, ca. 1943 (printed later) by the German-born American photographer. Unsigned. In very fine condition. Sight 10.5 x 13 inches (27 x 33 cm.), nicely matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 20 inches.
During World War II, Esquire magazine hired Bruehl to create the Esquire Canteen, a series of photographs depicting fictional New York City night club scenes, made for the men of the armed forces. Each month a photograph of a different night club act was featured in the Canteen, accompanied by a story about the entertainers. Harlem Number, at the Versailles Café, was the Canteen image in the July 1943 issue. The photograph spotlights Eleonor Fairchild and her dapper partner Hugh Ellsworth.
References: Bonnie Yochelson, Anton Bruehl (Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998), p. 18; Therese Mulligan and David Wooters, eds., Photographs from 1839 to Today: George Eastman House (Köln, 2000), p. 565
Bonnie Yochelson, in her catalogue Anton Bruehl (Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998), discusses the genesis of the Esquire Canteen series, in which this image was featured.