Hansel Mieth (1909-1998); Rhesus Monkey;

Hansel Mieth (1909-1998) Rhesus Monkey, 1939 Gelatin silver print, printed later; mounted, signed and dated in ink on the mount, signed and dated in ink again on the reverse, framed. 9 3/4 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.3 cm.) mount 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Christie's New York, 19 February 2002, Sale 1016, Lot 447 Literature LIFE, 16 January 1939, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 17 Susan Ehrens, 'Hansel Mieth,' Photo Metro, 5:49, May 1987, p. 11 Note 'On the opposite page you see one of the inhabitants of the monkey colony on tiny Santiago Island, off Puerto Rico. He is resting on a sand bar a quarter mile from shore. A few moments before this picture was taken, the monkey had dashed from the jungle, across the beach, into the water—an element rhesus monkeys habitually avoid. Primatologist Michael I. Tomlin, director of the colony, explained that the chatter of innumerable female monkeys had impelled this neurotic bachelor to seek escape from the din of Santiago. Present at the time was LIFE's photographer Hansel Mieth who promptly plunged into the lagoon, camera strapped to her shoulder, swam and waded until she overtook the exhausted misogynist. After taking the portrait shown here she helped a native boy drive the monkey back to his island home.' -LIFE, January 1939 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing