"Le Voile"

Photography

Inventory number
2022.7.21.2.PH.FA.1984.FR
Author:
Quentin BERTOUX (French, born 1957)
Description
Original 9/25 printed paper fashion photograph depicting a man wearing a light button-up shirt with the cuffs unbuttoned and pushed to his forearms, a loosened dark polka-dotted tie, trousers with a dark belt, patent dress shoes, and glasses. The man's hands are in his pockets, he is standing in ¾ turn in a ballroom with french doors and windows with the shutters closed. In front of his face is a light sheer veil that appears to be pinned mid-air.

Quentin BERTOUX, the photographer, specializes in surreal fashion photographs with symmetrical compositions and floating still-life items around his human subjects.
Material
Analog photography
Origin
1984 Paris, France
Dimensions
Length : 29.6 cm
Height : 31.1 cm