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![Photography, Last call, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1200384_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Styled, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079052_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Enfant lotus, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156205_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Philippe Poupon, Maud Bernos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/104950_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Center Stage, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999627_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Going In Circles, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087893_1_grid.jpg)
Going In Circles
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€460
![Painting, Untitled, Max Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Max Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175607_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cabecita 10, Pablo Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158071_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Cabecita 7, Pablo Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158068_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Cabecita 5, Pablo Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158066_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Cabecita 2, Pablo Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158063_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Max Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175876_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350237_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1272066_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Jeune femme au poisson, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/308134_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Parfum exotique, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341345_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Miniature sur canapé, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641241_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les deux amies, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scène galante, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/588999_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Néron, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182411_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Minuscule Poppée, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651597_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Petit nu sur rocher cachant ses seins, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/311494_1_grid.jpg)
Petit nu sur rocher cachant ses seins
Cade
Sculpture - 20 x 4 x 5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 1.6 x 2 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Femme coréenne, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1538499_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Jeune couple, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267974_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme coréenne, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738692_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme coréenne s'habillant, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472304_1_grid.jpg)
Femme coréenne s'habillant
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€970
![Painting, Portrait Femme coréenne, Sounya Whang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472058_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait Femme coréenne
Sounya Whang
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€970
![Sculpture, Nu bras levés Trajane, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/633972_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Minuscule fine, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629160_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Figures de ballet, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184094_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Jeune Femme au guépard, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/313030_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La chair est triste, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328765_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Natale, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538339_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Plongeuse, Cade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/311443_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lithographie originale de Yves Brayer, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1002276_1_grid.jpg)
Lithographie originale de Yves Brayer
Yves Brayer
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€250
![Painting, Empreinte, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206580_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Calligraphie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206592_1_grid.jpg)
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197121_1_grid.jpg)
Un monde meilleur
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 250 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 98.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, L'hymne à la vie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197465_1_grid.jpg)
L'hymne à la vie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 200 x 250 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 98.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Sans repères, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197126_1_grid.jpg)
Sans repères
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 200 x 350 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 137.8 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954257_1_grid.jpg)
Composition
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095629_1_grid.jpg)
Un monde meilleur
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 240 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Sculpture, Satisfaction, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218194_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Take My Heart, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217787_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Puzzle, Sagrasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217778_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Vincente Escudero, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589002_1_grid.jpg)
Vincente Escudero
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 31.2 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.3 x 9.3 inch
Sold
![Photography, La montée des eaux (2), Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801518_1_grid.jpg)
La montée des eaux (2)
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
Sold
![Print, Bleu, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280681_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Une femme sur un toit brûlant, Sylvia Galmot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/131971_1_grid.jpg)
Une femme sur un toit brûlant
Sylvia Galmot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
Sold
![Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463009_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1272051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168765_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741527_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The old mustache, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1116429_1_grid.jpg)
The old mustache
Samuel Cueto
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Photography, Mischievous, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115844_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Medication, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115754_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Puro... alegria, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61552_1_grid.jpg)
Puro... alegria
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
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![Print, Manoeuvre en rade de Brest, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/314983_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La magie quotidienne (tête de femme), Alberto Giacometti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292112_1_grid.jpg)
La magie quotidienne (tête de femme)
Alberto Giacometti
Print - 41 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.1 x 11 x 0 inch
Sold
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/626382_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.1 inch
Sold
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![Fine Art Drawings, Au Cabaret, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589629_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Au Cabaret, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/589572_1_grid.jpg)
Black and White Portraits
The allure of black and white. Color can articulate reality and reflect realism, but taking it away focuses on contrast and the use of monochromatic tone to set an atmosphere that draws the viewer in. This increase in impact has been harnessed by photographers since the first successful black and white images were taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in the early 19th century, leading to further success in 1825 when he managed to produce a black and white image of a window. Naturally colored photographs would not be developed until 1891 when Lipmann Gabriel applied the phenomenon of optical light wave interface. And yet, the black and white photograph continued, particularly in portraiture. Why? Practically, black and white photographs have a longer archival shelf-life but artistically, color isn’t needed to capture the emotion, depth, expression and indeed reality through dramatic tone and contrast of the figure in front of the lens. You only need to recant Dorothea Lange’s widely circulated Migrant Mother (1936) to see how a single black and white portrait can become a symbol of plight. In our works, artists like Maud Bernos and James Sparshatt favor portraits devoid of color… portraits that draw you the viewer in and leave you to fall into their enduring monochromatic depths.