(Collectif)Livre Rare Book
Photograph of a rain-soaked Charles de Gaulle praying in the Cathedral of Notre Dame Nice 1948
1948232457Nice France 1948. Printed circa 1984. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 11-3/8 x 10-3/8 inches. Very good. Docketed on verso with indications to the printer for reduction and placement. Printed circa 1984. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 11-3/8 x 10-3/8 inches. Rare print of this famous image of the French leader praying on the eve of the elections for the National Assembly of 1948 standing before an altar in his rain-soaked uniform. Taken by the Ukrainian-born photographer Dmitri Kessel 1902 - 1995 whose work for LIFE magazine won him international renown the image received a full-page reproduction from this very print in the book ON ASSIGNMENT: DMITRI KESSEL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER New York Abrams 1985 p. 165 with the explanation: " . in Nice in September 1948. He was campaigning for re-election when he was caught in a downpour and refused an umbrella. unknown
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