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[GARY] Anonymous
Vintage silver print
N.p.n.d. [c. 1956], 24,6 x 16,1 cm
Striking chiaroscuro portrait of the writer, which seems unpublished
EUR 3.500 ,-
Fact sheet
[GARY] Anonymous
Vintage silver print
N.p.n.d. [c. 1956], 24,6 x 16,1 cm
Slight rubbing and surface imperfections
Pencil annotation on the verso
Striking chiaroscuro portrait of the writer, which seems unpublished
Romain Gary appears here in half-length, in three-quarter view, his piercing gaze directed out of frame. His face, half-immersed in darkness, is picked out by the light at the eye, the cheek and the chin. The focus, set on the pupils, makes the effect all the more striking.
It was around this same time that he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for Les Racines du ciel.
Provenance:
Private collection
