A legendary image of the poet slumped on a banquette in the Café François Ier, his soul clouded by alcohol and his gaze unfocused. On the table sit a glass of red wine, his walking stick, an inkwell, and a newspaper.
2.500€
Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)
Original photograph of the poet by Paul Marsan, known as Dornac.
Vintage albumen print mounted on heavy cardboard.
Paris. May 28, 1892.
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A legendary image of the poet slumped on a banquette in the Café François Ier, his soul clouded by alcohol and his gaze unfocused. On the table sit a glass of red wine, his walking stick, an inkwell, and a newspaper.
This shot is similar to the one that shows him in the same establishment, sitting in another part of the bench, with 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: 8.80 x 11.50 cm
Verlaine album. Pleiades. pp. 215-216.