Lot 2
  • 2

Martine Franck

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Martine Franck
  • 'Gérard Hardy in Les Clowns, Théatre du Soleil, Aubervilliers', outskirts of Paris, 1969
  • Signed recto and verso
    Titled on reverse
  • Gelatin silver print
  • Image size: 43.5 x 59.5 cm / Paper size: 48.9 x 59.5 cm
Silver print. Signed in ink in the lower margin. Signed and titled in ink on the reverse.

Provenance

Directly from the artist

Literature

Martine Franck, D'un jour l'autre, Paris, Seuil, 1998, ill. p. 41

Condition

This print is in overall good condition. With light handling marks throughout, two cracks to the sheet in the lower margin (approx 5 cm each), and two cracks in the upper margin (approx. 2 cm each), only visible in raking light, and with a rip to the sheet in the upper margin (approx. 1 cm), away from the image, and slightly softened corners.
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Catalogue Note

During all the years Martine Franck documented Ariane Mnouchkine and her avant-garde theatre collective, she took countless photos of the rehearsals and performances of the troupe at the Théâtre du Soleil.