Robert Descharnes (1926 – 2014)
Salvador Dalí, Paris, 1960
French photographer and Avantgarde filmmaker Robert Descharnes got to know Salvador Dalí in 1950. A close collaboration developed since their experimental film »L'Aventure prodigieuse de la dentellière et du rhinocéros« in 1954, which was based on Dalí's theories on the logarithmic spiral. Over nearly four decades a close friend- and professional partnership persisted till the artist's death in 1989. Descharnes became Dalí's personal secretary in 1981 and after his demise administrator of his copyrights. He published several books on the artist.
The dramatic lighting Descharnes stages in the close-up portrait of Dalí transforms his facial features into single modules. The nose seems to rise like a rock in the centre of a sun-lighted landscape and casts dark shades. His signature beard gets doubled by its shadow and therefore retightens all elements back together. The narrow cropping of the image and the bright lighting from below boost Dalí's unique characteristics.
Vintage Gelatin silver print on single weight baryta
Image dimensions 30 x 20,4 cm (30 x 20,4 inch)
Mounting, Framing Archival cardboard mat 50 x 40 cm
Condition
Glossy paper, in very good condition
Annotations
»Paris Match / Marie-Claire« stamps, copy no. stamp »No. 582« in ink and handwritten notations on the reverse
Literature
Paris Match magazine, no. 582, Paris, June 4, 1960.
Prints / Surrealismus / Kunst / Porträt / Prominenz /
