Lot n° 108
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LAURE ALBIN GUILLOT 1879-1962 Portfolio "Narcisse", Poem by - Lot 108
LAURE ALBIN GUILLOT 1879-1962 Portfolio "Narcisse", Poem by Paul Valéry, typography Maurice Darantière, 1936. Portfolio comprising 14 Fresson carbon prints in sheet form, edition of 8. In its slipcase (accident). Images: 34 x 26 cm; slipcase: 35.5 x 27 cm "It was while reading Paul Valéry's 'Charmes' that she found the poem that inspired her 'Narcisse'. The poet granted her the right to borrow the figure. Try it," he said, "but I've never seen a suitable photographic illustration. When the work was finished, he gallantly yielded: "You've simply made a poem next to mine". The photographer had spent eighteen months designing, shooting and having the negatives printed by the Fresson company. In 'Narcisse', the images follow one another almost at a photographic pace, alternating between close-up and wide shot, with light intensities ranging from the darkest black to the white that devours the photographic material. These photographs capture the slightest vibration of the material, thanks to the subtle lighting and remarkable quality of the Fresson print". In C. Bouqueret "Laure Albin Guillot ou la volonté d'art", ed. Marval, 1996.
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