Author: Le Prat, Thérèse (1895-1966)
Title: Portrait of Micheline Boudet, Yvonne Goudeau and Germaine Kerjean in Port Royal). First Edition of the Original Silver Print Photograph
Description: Paris: circa 1954. Original silver print photograph. 30 x 24 cm. With stamp and pencil title verso. Matted.. Few spots in the image with reddish hue left..Expertise by Damien Voutay 23 Place Bellecour, Lyon, 69002, France... Port-Royal de Henry de Montherlant Création le 8 décembre 1954 : Comédie-Française (Paris) Mise en scène :Jean Meyer Interprétation : Jean-Paul Belmondo (élève du Conservatoire, Le 2e Aumônier); Micheline Boudet (Soeur Julie); Germaine Kerjean (Soeur Louise) Germaine Kerjean (1893-1975) Thamila Mesbah, Study: Thérèse Le Prat (1895-1966) was a French photographer. After experimenting with landscape and portrait photography, Thérèse Le Prat concentrated on photographing faces. At first, she was photographing stage actors (her first two books, Visages d’Acteurs(1950) and Autres Visages d’Acteurs(1952) are remarkable documents of the post-War theater scene in Paris.) But then her work turned more abstract – she had actors perform for her camera, at first with masks, then with makeup alone. In exploring the face, Thérèse Le Prat looked to reveal extremes of human depth and emotion. And she added words to the mix: her later books include both prose and poetry to push the exploration further. In Masques et Destins(1955), her first book of these portraits, she and her actors searched for photographic expression of the extremes they played out on stage. For Un Seul Visage en ses Metamorphoses(1964), she spent three years with the mime Wolfram Mehring and makeup artist Grillon exploring myriad ways of seeing a single face. And she continued her most expressionistic work with diverse faces until her death, after which the photographs were published as En Votre Gravité, Visages(1966). .

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