PIERRE MOLINIER | Le Chaman, 1965

vintage silver printtogether with a signed certificate by Madame Molinier

Collection Madame Molinier

Revue Mizue, N° 10, Tokyo, 1971, p. 67 (première publication du Chaman).
Wayne Baerwaldt, Scott Watson, Peter Gorsen, Pierre Molinier, Winnipeg (Canada), Plug In Editions, 1993, p. 63.
Pierre Molinier, Le Chaman et ses créatures, William Blake & Co. Éditeurs, Bordeaux, 1995, couverture et planche 1, p. 17
Grand Street, Revue d'avant garde, N° 58, Disguises, New York, 1996, couverture
Galerie 1900-2000, Pierre Molinier, cat. expo., 29 octobre - 28 novembre 1998, p. 4.
Juan Vicente Aliaga et Giulia Colaizzi, Pierre Molinier, IVAM, cat. expo., 15 avril - 21 juin 1999, Valence, 1999, p. 123
Galerie Kamel Mennour - Jean-Luc Mercié, Pierre Molinier photographe. Une rétrospective, cat. expo., 13 avril - 13 juin 2000, Édition Mennour, p. 61.
Pierre Molinier, a cura di Francesca Alfano Miglietti (FAM), Lattuada Pardo Gallery/À l'Enseigne des Oudin, cat. expo., 24 mai - 18 septembre 2001, n. p.
A invençao de um mundo, cat. expo., Itau cultural, Sao Paulo, 2009, p. 50.
Jean-Luc Mercié, Pierre Molinier, monographie, Les presses du réel-Kamel Mennour, Paris, 2010, p. 305

This vintage silver print on soft Agfa paper is in overall excellent condition. The extreme corners slightly worn but consistent with age and use.
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This preliminary photomontage for Chaman before final additions (shining eyes, hair retouching), is to our knowledge unique. The image is not reproduced among the differents steps of Chaman in The Jean-Luc Mercier monograph published in Presses du réel, 2010, p. 399.

Pierre Molinier © Adagp, Paris, 2018