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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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Description
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.
Silver print made in 2013 from the negative on baryta paper and mounted on an aluminium plate.
On four labels on the reverse: signed in pencil and titled, with copyright stamps.
Dimensions: 106 x 111 cm (Large format)
Large print produced in 2013 for the ‘Flashback’ exhibition on Raymond Cauchetier at the Salon de la Photo, Paris-Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, 7–11 November 2013. The print was produced under Raymond Cauchetier’s supervision on site.
Raymonde Cauchetier recalls:
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 set photograph. The scene in the film 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 impromptu 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.
CAUCHETIER, Raymond. Photos de cinéma – Autour de la nouvelle vague 1958–1968, Paris: Image France editions, 2007.
Exhibitions:
2013, ‘Flashback Exhibition on Raymond Cauchetier’, Salon de la Photo, Porte de Versailles, Paris (7–11 November), entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Élysées’
2012, ‘Cinema Photographs: Images of the French New Wave by Raymond Cauchetier’, Grand Lobby Gallery, Beverly Hills, California (March–June).
2001, ‘The Pop Years, 1956–1968’, Centre Pompidou, Paris (15 March – 2 July), a similar work entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Elysées’
2002, ‘Paris: Capital of the Arts, 1900–1968’, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (28 May – 3 September), similar work entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Elysées’
2002, ‘Paris: Capital of the Arts, 1900–1968’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom (26 January – 19 April), similar work entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Elysées’
2006–2007, ‘Starlight: 100 Years of Film Stills’, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (13 October 2006 – 25 February 2007), a similar work entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Elysées’
2020–2021, “Raymond Cauchetier, Nouvelle Vague”, Jimei x Arles 2020: International Photo Festival, Jimei, Xiamen, China (11 November 2020 – 3 January 2021), similar work entitled ‘La Descente des Champs-Elysées’
2021, ‘Raymond Cauchetier, Nouvelle Vague”, Arles, Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles, Montmajour Abbey (4 July – 26 September), similar work entitled “La Descente des Champs-Elysées”
Further information:
© Raymond Cauchetier / rights: Kaoru Cauchetier
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About the sale
Ode to Love | The Kaoru and Raymond Cauchetier Collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/12/2026 at 5:30 PM
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