(Simon HANTAI) Vagn HANSEN
Photographie originale représentant Simon Hantaï dans son atelier, tirage argentique d'époque
Eclair-mondial|Paris 4 février 1953|13.10 x 18.20 cm|une photographie
Original photograph of Simon Hantaï in his workshop, contemporary silver argentic print
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 conception of modern painting that is at least said to be approved using the skeletal parts of different animals such as sheep, cows, horses, etc.... he adorns and completes his canvasses that become true works in relief. If we are to believe the fortune tellers, it will be the painting of tomorrow and to confirm these predictions, we add that Simon Hantaï already has buyers. Here is Simon Hantaï in front of one of his latest works. Eclair mondial 4 2 53.”
The pictures showing Simon Hantaï at work are an extraordinary rarity.
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 conception of modern painting that is at least said to be approved using the skeletal parts of different animals such as sheep, cows, horses, etc.... he adorns and completes his canvasses that become true works in relief. If we are to believe the fortune tellers, it will be the painting of tomorrow and to confirm these predictions, we add that Simon Hantaï already has buyers. Here is Simon Hantaï in front of one of his latest works. Eclair mondial 4 2 53.”
The pictures showing Simon Hantaï at work are an extraordinary rarity.
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