Patrick Faigenbaum

signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, matted, framed, 1977, printed in 1990

Sylviane de Decker, Paris, as agent for the photographer

Acquired by the Quillan Company from the above, 1990

Jill Quasha, The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs (New York, 1991), pl. 7 (this print)

This photograph is on double-weight paper with a semi glossy surface. It is essentially in excellent condition. There is a thin deposit of paper along the left edge, which is only visible when the print is viewed out of its mat.
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Patrick Faigenbaum, known for his intimate portraits, says of this photograph, 'C'est l'image clé dans mon travail.  Elle est toujours dans mon esprit et encore aujourd'hui détermine mes recherches.  Cette photographie représente ma mère dans sa chambre à coucher.  Il était 11 heures du soir.  Nous habitions alors prés de la Gare de Lyon, à Paris.  [This is the key image in my work.  It is always in my mind and even today determines the way I work.  This photograph is of my mother in her bedroom.  It was 11 p. m. We were living then near the Gare de Lyon, in Paris.]'

The print offered here was made by the photographer especially for the Quillan Collection.  Aside from this photograph, there are only six other signed prints of this image.