The artist fills his check for 135,000 francs following his recent acquisition of the original manuscript of La Marseillaise by Rouget de Lisle, at the Versailles auction house.
1.000€
Serge Gainsbourg (1928.1991)
Original photograph.
Versailles. December 13, 1981.
Vintage silver gelatin print depicting the artist filling out his check for 135,000 francs following his recent acquisition of the original manuscript of La Marseillaise by Rouget de Lisle, at the Versailles auction house.
Gainsbourg is seated next to Phify, his bodyguard for this special occasion.
On the back of the photograph: photographer David Boeno's stamp and handwritten captions.