Ensemble de 8 photographies de famille : Nicolas de Staël, sa compagne Jeannine Guillou et leur fille Anne

Set of 8 photographs of Nicolas de Staël's family circa 1942-1944, in original silver gelatin prints.

The photographs were taken around 1944, two years after the birth of Anne de Stäel, daughter of the painter and his companion, the artist Jeannine Guillou. In September 1943, the family consisting of Anne and young Antek (future writer known under the name Antoine Tudal), son from Jeannine Guillou's previous marriage, arrived in Paris and settled, thanks to the friendship of gallerist Jeanne Bucher, at 54, rue Nollet, in the private mansion of architect Pierre Chareau. Staël transformed the large ground-floor salon into a studio where he devoted himself entirely to abstraction characterized by interlaced geometric lines, rhythming a dark canvas.

- Portrait of the complete family (Nicolas de Staël, Jeannine Guillou holding Anne in her arms, Antek Teslar aged 14), in front of the private mansion on rue Nollet
- Jeannine Guillou and Anne in the garden of the private mansion on rue Nollet
- Jeannine smiling, holding Anne in her arms, rue Nollet.
- Jeannine smiling, holding Anne in her arms in front of a Moroccan decor, rue Nollet.
- Reproduction of Jeannine Guillou's identity photograph, in profile.
- View of the interior facade of the private mansion on rue Nollet.
- Jeannine Guillou in beach costume
- Contact sheet with two of the previous photographs, as well as two others showing Antek Teslar studying in the attic of the private mansion (25.2x20.4cm).