Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)
Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)

Un Génie Apparut (Les Illuminations de Rimbaud)

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Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)
Un Génie Apparut (Les Illuminations de Rimbaud)
inscribed 'Un Génie apparut' (upper left)
pencil
9¾ x 7 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1975.
来源
Dr. Patrick Woodcock.
展览
London, Deka, Keith Vaughan: Les Illuminations de Rimbaud An Exhibition of 42 Drawings, November - December 1995, no. 17.

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Another visual response to Rimbaud's poem, Conte. In the closing lines of the poem, the character of the Genie is presented: 'Un Génie apparut, d'une beauté ineffable, inavouable même.' ('A Genie appeared of ineffable beauty, undeclarable even.')

Vaughan represents the Genie's abrupt apparition and physical splendour as an assault akin to a forceful punch in the face. A few lines later, Rimbaud states that the Prince and the Genie annihilated each other; Vaughan masterfully communicates the ferocity of their relationship and its dynamic intensity with only a few well-placed strokes of his pencil.
G.H.