Nude reclining on a chaise lounge amidst several large pillows, one decorated with a bulldog and a football ... and another embroidered with an American flag and the Star Spangled Banner.

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Description

Title
Nude reclining on a chaise lounge amidst several large pillows, one decorated with a bulldog and a football ... and another embroidered with an American flag and the Star Spangled Banner.
Creator
Bellocq, E. J
Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995
Contributor
Bellocq, E. J
Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995
Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995--Ownership
Published / Created
1950
Publication Place
Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract

Photographs created by E. J. Bellocq chiefly of nude prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910-1915, and printed from his negatives by an unidentified printer, probably in 1950. E. J. Bellocq (1873-1949), born John Ernest Joseph Bellocq, was a commercial photographer who worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1902-circa 1940. Bellocq is best known for his photographs of prostitutes working in Storyville, the legalized red light district of New Orleans.

Print No. 7 depicts a nude woman posed reclining on an upholstered chaise lounge among several large pillows. She also wears a necklace with a medallion and shoes. Two pillows on the chaise lounge depict respectively a bulldog and a United States flag. In the background, an electrical cord hangs over the latch of a door and wraps around the doorknob, probably as an improvised burglary deterrent.

Description
Linen mat tape affixed to verso of each print with a pencil number inscription, 1-7, probably inscribed by Abraham Stransky.
Pencil inscriptions on the verso of each print in an unidentified hand, probably transcribed from original mats: "Ernest J. Bellocq (?-1938) Storyville, photog. New Orleans, La."; "Test print obtained by me (A. S.) in 1950, from owner of the glass negatives at that time"; "Photo: circa: 1912"; "See: 'E. J. Bellocq,' Pub. by Museum of Modem Art - 1970 & Rose, Al: 'Storyville, New Orleans' - 1974"; and "Bellocq made photos: 1895-1930s."
Extent
1 folder (1 photographic print) : b&w ; 17.7 x 22.7 cm.
7 photographic prints : b & w ; 22.7 x 17.7 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YCAL MSS 732
Collection Title
Portraits of prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Collection / Other Creator
Bellocq, E. J
Collection Date
1950.
Container / Volume
Box 1 | Folder 7

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Portraits
Subject (Geographic)
Storyville (New Orleans, La.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name)
Bellocq, E. J
Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995
Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995--Ownership
Subject (Topic)
Photographers--Louisiana--New Orleans
Photography of the nude
Photography of women--Louisiana--New Orleans
Photography, Artistic
Prostitutes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Pictorial works

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Citation
E. J. Bellocq, Portraits of Prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
11364502
Object ID (OID)
10844281

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