Original photograph of Simon Hantaï in his workshop, contemporary silver argentic print Eclair-mondial, Paris 4 February 1953, 13,1 x 18,2 cm, one photograph
Original photograph, contemporary silver argentic print, of Simon Hantaï in his workshop organising, with a cigarette in his mouth, the bones for his painting-sculpture entitled “Femelle-miroir II.” This painting is on display today at the Centre Pompidou.
Stenciled inset glued on the back of the picture: “The last word of Surrealist painting. A painter produces his canvas with a skeleton. A young painter Simon Hantaï, who has just discovered André Breton, the father of Surrealism, unveils a concept