Simone Gilbert, who killed her Neighbor
SOLD September 2001 |
Vintage gelatin-silver with period overpainting, ca. 1939. Dimensions 7 x 5 inches (17x13 cm). Backstamp for Le Petit Parisien and hand notation "Simone Gilbert, qui tua sa voisine Mme Sontag, condamnnée à 5 ans de travaux forcés... 5/7/39".
Created for use in a somewhat lurid publication "Le Petit Parisien" during the 1930s, images such as this reflect popular fascination with criminality and its victims.
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