Vintage Elegance: The Home of Robert E. Bryan

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The living room
Robert E. Bryan has collected Art Deco and vintage modern for thirty plus years, and his elegant East Village home is a personal showcase for his collections.  Take a good look, and then another.  As I edited the set I kept noticing more and more details that I didn't have time to absorb when I was shooting.  This is what I love about photography - it allows you to look...as much as you desire.

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The iconic portrait of the football player resembles Mr. Bryan, but is a found image.  It was reproduced on the back cover of his book American Fashion Menswear.  The other photos are family portraits.

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Lovely ashtray inscribed with "Sonderkurs, Mai 1933"

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I want that Savoy Cocktail Book!

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Living room vignette

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The entryway

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The bedroom vanity.  Beautiful portrait is of his mother.

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Mr. Bryan getting ready for a portrait

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Tie label reads "The Chief - Hand Loomed by Indians"

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Ties in the spare room are displayed for a visit by a collector

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Mr. Bryan's vintage ring collection (!!)

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A portion of the vintage record collection

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Labels on the record collection

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A kitchen vignette

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Looking south towards the new construction in the Lower East Side from Mr. Bryan's kitchen

3 comments:

  1. I should think this article would net him a few proposals! What a gorgeous space. And the living room set - those are EXQUISITE,

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