Verlaine slumped on the bench of the François I café, his soul drunk and his eyes troubled. On the table sits a large glass of absinthe and lies a few sheets of paper, an inkwell, his cane and his hat.
Sold
Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)
Original photograph of the poet by Paul Marsan dit Dornac.
Vintage albumen print in cabinet card format laminated on strong cardboard.
Paris. May 28, 1892.
____________________________________
Extraordinary and legendary cliché depicting the poet slumped on the bench of the François I café, his soul drunk and his eyes troubled. On the table sits a large glass of absinthe and lies a few sheets of paper, an inkwell, his cane and his hat.
This shot is similar to the one which represents him in the same establishment, in another place on the bench, with a glass of wine in front of him instead of a glass of absinthe.
Photo taken by Paul Cardon, also known as Paul Marsan, known as DORNAC, for the series Our contemporaries at home. Dornac dry stamp in lower left corner.
Size: 14 x 19 cm
Verlaine album. Pleiade. pp. 215-216.
© 2024 Autographes des Siècles - 27 rue Maurice Flandin 69003 LYON - Eurl with capital of €50,000 - 04 26 68 81 18 / 06 37 86 73 44 - contact@autographes-des-siecles.com