Robert Doisneau
La Trépidante Wanda
Gelatin silver print
1953
30.5 × 40.6 cm 12 × 16 in
€22,000
Photographed on boulevard Saint-Jacques in Paris in 1953, La Trépidante Wanda belongs to Robert Doisneau’s celebrated body of work devoted to Parisian popular life and fairground entertainment.
The composition is structured around a striking opposition between the dark interior of the fairground booth, where Wanda performs, and the brightly lit street beyond. The image condenses several qualities central to Doisneau’s photography: observation, theatricality, humour and the unexpected encounters of everyday Paris.
Alternative title: Mademoiselle Wanda, fête foraine du boulevard St-Jacques
Institutional references
Other prints of this image are held in major public collections including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Signed by Robert Doisneau lower right
Printed in 1988
Custom framed with passe-partout and museum-grade anti-reflective glass.
Literature
Other prints of this image are held in major public collections including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Verso: No stamp
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