[ Photographs ] Allen, Albert Arthur "A Day in a Harem" * "A Night in a Harem." Together, 2 portfolios with a total of 18 prints, each containing 9 vintage photographs.Vintage silver prints, 10 x 8inches or the reverse, each with a numerical

[ Photographs ] Allen, Albert Arthur "A Day in a Harem" * "A Night in a Harem." Together, 2 portfolios with a total of 18 prints, each containing 9 vintage photographs.Vintage silver prints, 10 x 8inches or the reverse, each with a numerical handstamp on verso; with the original 4to-size printed folding jacket. 1920s E4000-5000 In the latter part of the 1920s Allen continued his rather eccentric pictorial exploration of the female form, despite being harassed by the government for using the U S. mail to transport obscene materials. " he wrote: "'A Day' and 'A Night in the Harem' is [sic] dedicated to the artist and workers of art... I have deliberately used untrained girls-girls who have never posed before the camera. Much of their beauty has been sacrificed for my personality... with the true spirit of adventure urging them on to display one of woman most natural traits- Vanity.