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Lot Essay
Demain est un savant clin d’œil complice à l’histoire de l’art et à certaines tendances artistiques phares de l’époque. La silhouette exagérée obtenue grâce à sa technique d'exposition multiple complexe évoque les symboles de fertilité des Cyclades. Cela rappelle également les nus stylisés d'Amedeo Modigliani qui font référence à ces interprétations sculpturales anciennes du corps féminin. L’inclinaison des bras pointant les coudes vers le haut rappellent la position de la figure centrale des Demoiselles d'Avignon de Pablo Picasso (1907), la peinture charnière qui a initié le cubisme. Le négatif sur verre original se trouve dans la collection du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (réf. AM 1995-201 [277]).
Demain is a clever “clin d'œil,” a knowing wink at art history and at certain key artistic tendencies of the day. The exaggerated silhouette achieved through his intricately constructed multiple exposure technique evokes Cycladic fertility symbols. It also calls to mind the stylized nudes of Amedeo Modigliani that make reference to these and other ancient sculptural interpretations of the female body. The sharply angled upturned arms, elbows pointing vertically, assertively displaying her body, match those of the central figure in Pablo Picasso's Les demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), the pivotal painting that initiated Cubism. The original glass negative of this photograph, is in the collection of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (ref. AM 1995-201 [277]).
Demain is a clever “clin d'œil,” a knowing wink at art history and at certain key artistic tendencies of the day. The exaggerated silhouette achieved through his intricately constructed multiple exposure technique evokes Cycladic fertility symbols. It also calls to mind the stylized nudes of Amedeo Modigliani that make reference to these and other ancient sculptural interpretations of the female body. The sharply angled upturned arms, elbows pointing vertically, assertively displaying her body, match those of the central figure in Pablo Picasso's Les demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), the pivotal painting that initiated Cubism. The original glass negative of this photograph, is in the collection of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (ref. AM 1995-201 [277]).