The Legs of Marisa (Berenson), Paris

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The Legs of Marisa (Berenson), Paris
The Legs of Marisa (Berenson), Paris
Artist/Maker (French, 1921 – 2004)
Datec. 1978
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (18.7 × 14 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (17.5 × 12.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.195
Not on view
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art); from the collection of Charles-Henri Favrod, the founding director of the Musée de l'Elysée de la Photographie in Lausanne, Switzerland
Markings Verso, lower left corner (blue stamp): "[Collection / Charles Henri Favrod]"
Published References Illustrated: Charbonnier, Jean-Philippe. Jean-Philippe Charbonnier - Photographs. Musee D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1983, pl. 221
Inscribed Verso, top: "JC-F-05" and "FCC F 832"
Verso, center: "Risa"
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The parish priest Ramonet: "I left for the Ile de Sein with a book on Gurdjieff that was supposed to get me back into shape. I barely looked at it. Thanks to Felix Guilcher, a real, lyrical and discreet hero, a rare friend discovered over there, to a Parish Priest, and to all the islanders, more islander than Breton, I soon felt quite at home, something quite unexpected, indeed inconceivable. Happy and calm, I was protected from the distant continent by a superb and pitiless sea. On Sein, I finally told myself "they'll never get me!". I'll never be able to repay my debt to the Sein Islanders for what they gave me
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Madman in the straw: "a sinister corridor. From behind heavy doors escape the repulsive groans and sickening odors of the mad vomiters doing a cure of disgust (on cheap wine). Behind the last door, a premature madman, naked in the straw. I photographed him through the thick murky glass of his spyhole, licked again and again, without seeing anything (reflex cameras didn't exist at the time). At 2 am, I finally convince the charming head doctor, worn down by my arguments, to let me take the picture in my own way", Psychiatric hospital
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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