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. Pleiade. pp. 215-216.