Lucien Clergue: A Life Through the Lens
October 1, 2026 – January 16, 2027
Nu Zébré, New York
Lucien Clergue. Nu Zébré, New York, 1998. gelatin silver print, printed later, edition 27/30 MF. 20 x 16 in. Inventory LC-55776. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Baccarat
Lucien Clergue. Baccarat, 1964. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64767. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Dead Bull, Palomo Linares, Castellon, Bull Fighter
Lucien Clergue. Dead Bull, Palomo Linares, Castellon, Bull Fighter, 1967. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition 2/30 PF. 11.5 x 15.25 in. Inventory LC-64773. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Wounded Bullfighter, Nîmes, Bull Fight
Lucien Clergue. Wounded Bullfighter, Nîmes, Bull Fight, 1964. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition AP/. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64772. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Corrida, Bull Fight
Lucien Clergue. Corrida, Bull Fight, 1964. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition AP/. 15.5 x 17 in. Inventory LC-64774. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Picasso au miroir La Californie, Cannes, Nov 4th
Lucien Clergue. Picasso au miroir La Californie, Cannes, Nov 4th, 1955. gelatin silver print, vintage. 11.75 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-55915. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Jean Cocteau, Le Testament d’Orphee
Lucien Clergue. Jean Cocteau, Le Testament d’Orphee, 1959. gelatin silver print, printed 2000. 15.5 x 11.5 in. Inventory LC-108435. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Grande Recreation, Arles
Lucien Clergue. Grande Recreation, Arles, 1955. gelatin silver print. 11.75 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-65467. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Triade, Arles
Lucien Clergue. Triade, Arles, 1955. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-65443. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Duet Street Performers
Lucien Clergue. Duet Street Performers, 1955. gelatin silver print. 15.75 x 11 in. Inventory LC-65403. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Acrobate de “la grande recreation”
Lucien Clergue. Acrobate de “la grande recreation”, 1955. gelatin silver print, edition 6/30 PF. 11 x 15.75 in. Inventory LC-64397. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Violinist
Lucien Clergue. Violinist, 1954. gelatin silver print. 15.5 x 11 in. Inventory LC-65329. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Gitans and monkey, rue Genive, Arles
Lucien Clergue. Gitans and monkey, rue Genive, Arles, 1953. gelatin silver print, edition 3/30 PF. 15.25 x 11.5 x 11 in. Inventory LC-55918. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Mannequin du chiffonnier, Arles
Lucien Clergue. Mannequin du chiffonnier, Arles, 1956. gelatin silver print. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64748. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Landscape Nude
Lucien Clergue. Landscape Nude, 1960s. fresson print, edition 25/50. 10 x 15 in. Inventory LC-62130. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Joncs, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Joncs, Camargue, 1962. gelatin silver print, vintage. 9.5 x 12 in. Inventory LC-64761. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Vigne inondé, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Vigne inondé, Camargue, 1960. gelatin silver print. 9.5 x 12 in. Inventory LC-64756. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
The Giants
Lucien Clergue. The Giants, 1978. gelatin silver print. 11.25 x 16 in. Inventory LC-65409. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude no.3
Lucien Clergue. Nude no.3, 1980. gelatin silver print, edition 6/50. 16.5 x 23 in. Inventory LC-62128. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude de La Mer
Lucien Clergue. Nude de La Mer, 1964. gelatin silver print, vintage. 19.5 x 24 in. Inventory LC-67131. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude by the sea, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Nude by the sea, Camargue, 1970. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition 3/20 GF. 23 x 16.5 in. Inventory LC-64787. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nu Zebre, New York
Lucien Clergue. Nu Zebre, New York, 1997. gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum, edition 5/8. 47.25 x 31.125 in. Inventory LC-77785. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude of the sea
Lucien Clergue. Nude of the sea, 1971. gelatin silver print mounted on board, edition 11/30. 20 x 16 in. Inventory LC-65315. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude of the sea
Lucien Clergue. Nude of the sea, 1971. gelatin silver print mounted on board, edition 6/30. 16 x 20 in. Inventory LC-65318. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Signes des sables
Lucien Clergue. Signes des sables, 2011. gelatin silver print, edition 5/30 PF. 11 x 15.75 in. Inventory LC-64390. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Plage d’hiver, Faraman, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Plage d’hiver, Faraman, Camargue, 2003. gelatin silver print, edition 1/30 PF. 11.75 x 15.75 in. Inventory LC-64803. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Flooded Vine, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Flooded Vine, Camargue, 1960. gelatin silver print. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64757. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Rice Plantation in Winter, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Rice Plantation in Winter, Camargue, 1960. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64762. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Crack, Beauduc
Lucien Clergue. Crack, Beauduc, 1966. gelatin silver print, vintage. 11.75 x 15.75 in. Inventory LC-64764. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Maïs, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Maïs, Camargue, 1960. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64759. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude by the sea, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Nude by the sea, Camargue, 1962. gelatin silver print. 10.25 x 10.25 in. Inventory LC-64775. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Nude in the Sea, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Nude in the Sea, Camargue, 1957. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 8.75 in. Inventory LC-65460. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Grand Palais Fountain, Paris
Lucien Clergue. Grand Palais Fountain, Paris, 1963. gelatin silver print. 15.5 x 19.5 in. Inventory LC-64769. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Beach, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Beach, Camargue, 1977. gelatin silver print, vintage. 16 x 11.25 in. Inventory LC-65401. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Traces d’oiseaux. Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Traces d’oiseaux. Camargue, 1974. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition 13/20. 19.5 x 15.25 in. Inventory LC-85434. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Traces l’homme. Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Traces l’homme. Camargue, 1974. gelatin silver print, vintage, edition 13/20. 19.5 x 15.25 in. Inventory LC-85435. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Craquelure, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Craquelure, Camargue, 1962. gelatin silver print, vintage. 12 x 9.5 in. Inventory LC-64766. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Language of the Sands, Camargue
Lucien Clergue. Language of the Sands, Camargue, 1978. gelatin silver print, vintage. 15.75 x 11 in. Inventory LC-65404. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Horseman from “Le Testament d’ Orphée”, carrières des Baux-de-Provence
Lucien Clergue. Horseman from “Le Testament d’ Orphée”, carrières des Baux-de-Provence, c. 1960. gelatin silver print. 24 x 22 in. Inventory LC-103816. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Floridian Couple, Boca Raton, Florida
Lucien Clergue. Floridian Couple, Boca Raton, Florida, 1989. cibachrome, edition 1/20 MF. 20 x 16 in. Inventory LC-60522. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Andrée with Red Finger Nails, NY
Lucien Clergue. Andrée with Red Finger Nails, NY, 1987. cibachrome, edition 14/15 MF. 20 x 16 in. Inventory LC-66885. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Vigues
Lucien Clergue. Vigues, 1960. gelatin silver print mounted on board, edition 3/30 MF. 17.125 x 20.675 in. Inventory LC-63133. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Lucien Clergue, NYC
Aldo Sessa. Lucien Clergue, NYC, 2012. pigment on paper. 12 x 9 in. Inventory AS-62871. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Langage des sables, Plage de Mediterranee
Lucien Clergue. Langage des sables, Plage de Mediterranee, 1972. gelatin silver print mounted on board, edition 13/20. 19.5 x 15.25 in. Inventory LC-84810. Courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery New York.
Lucien Clergue: A Life Through the Lens – Exhibition Checklist
Throckmorton Fine Art is pleased to present Lucien Clergue: A Life Through the Lens, an exhibition of forty-four photographs made between 1953 and 2012.
Born in Arles in 1934, Clergue photographed the city’s corridas and its street performers as a young man, and in 1953 showed his work to Picasso, who became a lifelong friend and advocate. He went on to build one of the most distinctive bodies of work in postwar French photography: the nudes of the Camargue and of the sea, the salt flats and marshes around Beauduc and Faraman, and the bullfights of the Midi. In 1970 he founded the Rencontres d’Arles, the annual photography festival that helped establish the city as a centre of the medium, and in 2006 he became the first photographer elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
The exhibition follows that arc — from the early images of Arles, the bullfight series and the portraits of Picasso and Jean Cocteau, through the nudes and the landscapes of the Camargue, to late works such as Langage des sables and Signes des sables — and includes a 2012 portrait of Clergue by his friend Aldo Sessa.
Works are gelatin silver prints unless otherwise noted, and are available for purchase. Inventory numbers appear in the checklist.
