ROBERT DOISNEAU 1912-1994 - Lot 19

ROBERT DOISNEAU 1912-1994 Coal gleaners, Canal Saint-Martin, Aubervilliers, 1945. Photograph. Posterior silver print signed in ink under the image, signed, titled and dated in ink on the back. Image: 24.2 x 32.2 cm; sheet: 30.2 x 40.2 cm Bibliography: Jean-Claude Gautrand, "Robert Doisneau", Éd. Taschen, 2003, p.56. A poet of sullen suburbs and anonymous nothings, Robert Doisneau is a mischievous Parisian who plays with photography as his friend Prévert played with words. The way he looks at everyday life with an amused benevolence, the way he is "in love with what he sees", make Doisneau the archivist of fleeting moments and fleeting truths. "There are days", he says, "when the simple fact of seeing is felt as a true happiness".