Verlaine slumped on the banquette of the Café François Ier, his soul drunk and his gaze clouded. On the table sat a large glass of absinthe and lay a few sheets of paper, an inkwell, his cane and his hat.
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Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)
Original photograph of the poet by Paul Marsan, known as Dornac.
Vintage albumen print in cabinet card format, mounted on heavy cardboard.
Paris. May 28, 1892.
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An extraordinary and legendary photograph depicting the poet slumped on a banquette in the Café François Ier, his soul clouded by alcohol and his gaze disturbed. On the table sits a large glass of absinthe and lie a few sheets of paper, an inkwell, his cane and his hat.
This shot is similar to the one that shows 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.
Photograph taken by Paul Cardon, also known as Paul Marsan, known as DORNAC, for the series "Our Contemporaries at Home". Dornac blind stamp in the lower left corner.
Size: 14 x 19 cm
Verlaine album. Pleiade. pp. 215-216.