Eva Rubinstein, PORTRAIT OF ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, 1969

33.5 x 26.0 cm - black and white photograph, paper 33.5 x 26 cm - dimensions in light passe-partout

signed in ink on reverse l.g.: EwaRubinstein | AR New York 1969 | (dark background, smile), above middle: Port. D - 10 A, along the l. edge in red crayon arrow, inside high stamp: PHOTO: EVA RUBINSTEIN | [address - blurred], p.d. ink inscription: 27 [in circle].



Photo from a series of portraits taken by the artist of her father, the famous pianist Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982), in New York, at the Drake Hotel, in 1979. The Rubinsteins stayed at the hotel in the 1970s while hosting longer stays in New York; their permanent address and home was in Paris on Ave Foch.

On the back of the photo, the artist wrote: (dark background, smile), among other things. This is one of the last large format prints from this series of photographs. In most of them - there were perhaps seven shots - Rubinstein is smiling.

Wojciech Stanislaw Grochowalski, chairman of the board of the Artur Rubinstein International Music Foundation



♣ to the auctioned price, in addition to other costs, will be added a fee resulting from the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Act of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite)



Daughter of prominent pianist Artur Rubinstein and Aniela née Mlynarska. The family lived in Paris until 1939, then moved to the US, where Eva continued her ballet studies. She performed as a dancer and actress on Broadway stages. After years devoted to family life, she turned to photography in 1968. Initially treating it commercially, over time she devoted herself to artistic creation, in which she achieved considerable success. She had many exhibitions in galleries around the world, and published several albums, including one dedicated to her father's hometown: _x0084_Lodz. Brief Encounters_x0094_ (1998). She is one of the most famous and respected contemporary photographers.