Revanche de la Nuit; An Original Photocollage and Safety Pin

by Leo Dohmen

$5,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

Signed

Antwerp: 1958. Executed in 1958, inscribed 1963. A 5 3/8” x 3 5/8” original platinum print photograph of a woman and collage of red tinted lips pasted on top of the subject’s lips, with a steel safety pin pierced through the photo. Mounted on green paper with an ink inscription to Dohmen’s friend and artistic collaborator, Georges Hugnet. The inscription reads: “Pour mon ami, Georges, ce discours sur l’amour absolu. Leo . Anvers lez Trémbaumec le 10

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