Nicolas de Staël – Original photograph by Denise Colomb.
Original photograph by Denise Colomb.
Silver gelatin print depicting the artist standing in his studio on rue Gauguet in Paris, a few months before his tragic death.
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Original photograph by Denise Colomb.
Silver gelatin print depicting the artist standing in his studio on rue Gauguet in Paris, a few months before his tragic death.
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Nicolas de Staël (1914.1955)
Original photograph by Denise Colomb.
Silver gelatin print depicting the artist standing in his studio on rue Gauguet in Paris, a few months before his tragic death.
Denise Colomb wrote about this session:
“ It was the most powerful encounter of my career. Memories made even more poignant after the tragedy, memories that have remained vivid. It was both a confrontation and a moment of complicity. He pulled out a large canvas, of which I only saw the frame, and which I suspect was one of his famous paintings with bottles. The effort had tired him. I took a picture of de Staël with his arms hanging loosely, as if he were exhausted. Then, he crossed his arms, defied me, defied the world. I held my photograph. I shot him from a low angle to accentuate his tall figure. What an emotional experience.”