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165 - Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021) À bout de souffle. Jean-Luc Godard. Walking down the Champs-Élysées. Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo, Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1959. Digital print produced in 2014 on aluminium (Dibond). On four labels on the reverse: signed in pencil, titled and numbered, with copyright stamps. Dimensions: 44 x 45 cm  Print produced in 2014 for the François Truffaut exhibition at the Cinémathèque française, to mark the 30th anniversary of the filmmaker’s death, Paris, 8 October 2014 – 15 January 2015. Account by Raymond Cauchetier: 24 August 1959 – 10.00 am – Champs-Élysées.  “Only experts know that this photograph, which over time has become the emblem of the film, and indeed of the New Wave, is not a still from the set. The film sequence depicting the meeting between Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo had just been shot at the top of the Champs-Élysées, amidst the crowd, by the cameraman hidden in a Post Office pushchair. But there were so many onlookers that I decided to take the actors right to the bottom of the avenue, to a spot that was still deserted, to recreate the scene and capture it in a single image. My experience with photo-novels came in handy, as it allowed me to earn a living between film projects. I could never have imagined that this improvised direction of the actors would go on to have such an exceptional fate.” Source: Kaoru and Raymond Cauchetier Collection Bibliography: DE BAECQUE, Antoine. *La Nouvelle Vague: portrait d’une jeunesse*. Paris: Flammarion, 1998 & 2009, pp. 86–87. CARACALLA, Jean-Paul. *The Champs-Élysées*. Paris: Flammarion, 2002, pp. 90–91. Exhibition(s): Paris, Cinémathèque française, François Truffaut Exhibition, 8 October 2014 – 25 January 2015. Further information: © Raymond Cauchetier / rights: Kaoru Cauchetier
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About the sale Ode to Love | The Kaoru and Raymond Cauchetier Collection
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Auction time 10/12/2026 at 5:30 PM
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