Paris 1920s
"Toute mon admiration au grand artiste Abbé."
– Mistinguett, 1925
James Abbe
"During the 1920s and 1930s, James Abbe was among the best-known and most-widely published photographers on the international scene. Prolifically photographing the leading luminaries of the era, Abbe was central to the development of the concept of media-induced celebrity." From James Abbe: Photographer, forward by Brooks Johnson, Chrysler Museum of Art, 2000