Etienne de Beaumont

Adolf de Meyer|Count Etienne de Beaumont

ca. 1923 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

An aristocrat and patron of the avant-garde, Count Etienne de Beaumont cuts a dashing figure here, posed in one of the grand salons of his hôtel (grand townhouse) in Paris’s rue Masseran. The count hosted a series of legendary masquerade balls at his residence during the interwar period, attended by avant-garde artists such as Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, and Man Ray. De Meyer described these parties, which he and Olga often attended, as “fêtes of unsurpassed magnificence” in a 1923 article for Harper’s Bazaar.

Artist

Adolf de Meyer|Count Etienne de Beaumont

Date

ca. 1923

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2009