Lot no. 203
Lucien CLERGUE (1934-2014)
Tauromachies I, 1965
Large spiral-bound notebook comprising eleven vintage silver prints (of an initial twelve) printed on Lumière Elysées paper, pasted on Canson watercolour, each signed and bearing the photographer's wet stamp on the reverse.
Preceded by an introductory poem by Serge Dieudonné "au Sacrificateur".
Total edition of 50 copies, this one being No. 24, justified and signed by the photographer and the poet on the colophon.
1. Novillero in Arles, 1963
2. Une veronica d'El Viti in Béziers, 1964
3. A picador in Arles, 1963
4. Another picador in Arles, 1964
5. A fall in Nîmes, 1963
6. A Quota by Jaime Ostos in Nîmes, 1961
7. A fall in Nîmes, 1962
8. A derechazo by D. Puerta in Nîmes, 1962
10. A manoletina by Pedrès in Mont-de-Marsan, 1964
11. La cogida by D. Puerta in Béziers, 1964
12. A dead bull in Arles, 1963
Prints of varying dimensions: H. 58.5 cm - W. 39 cm to H. 40 cm - W. 43.5 cm
Notebook: H. 61 cm - W. 50.5 cm
Missing print no. 9. Un pase de pecho d'El Cordobes à Nîmes, 1964, the fifth proof (Une chute à Nîmes, 1963) with a horizontal crease in the lower part.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Photographs and film
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