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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
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Raymond CAUCHETIER (1920–2021)
*Breathless*, Jean-Luc Godard. In a café on the Champs-Élysées, a discussion between the director Jean-Luc Godard and the actress Jean Seberg about the screenplay, in the presence of the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1959.
Silver print made in 2013 from the negative on high-quality baryta paper, mounted on an aluminium plate.
On two labels on the reverse: signed in pencil, titled, with copyright stamps.
Dimensions: 50 x 60 cm
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. Each print was produced under the supervision of Raymond Cauchetier and is of a quality suitable for collectors. Printer: Thomas Consani, then at the Central Dupon Image laboratory (now a printer at the Picto laboratory).
Raymond Cauchetier recounts:
Monday 24 August 1959. 10 am – Champs-Élysées. A heated discussion between Godard and Jean Seberg about the script, in the presence of Belmondo, in a café on the Champs-Élysées. For Jean Seberg, it was the first day of filming. In a café on the Champs-Élysées, near the Rond-Point, she found herself face to face with Jean-Luc Godard, who showed her a small notebook in which he had jotted down some ideas, but without a single line of dialogue. “What am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to do?” she panics. “I’ll tell you during filming,” replies Jean-Luc, which does nothing to reassure her. Belmondo, ever the philosopher, exudes the calm of a seasoned professional. He has already shot the scenes for the film’s first week. He is now used to Godard’s methods. Nothing will surprise him from now on. Indeed, the entire film will unfold through complete improvisation. But *Breathless* will become one of the cult films of our time, and will bring Jean Seberg far greater fame than any of her American films.
The actress Jean Seberg, on Jean-Luc Godard’s way of working:
‘With *A Bout de Souffle*, obviously there was no script; there was a sort of three-page typewritten summary, and then from day to day it was partly improvised and partly Godard would turn up in the morning with his pockets full of scraps of paper on which he’d written a few lines during the night.”
Jean Seberg – *Grand écran*, 1965, Interview about the filming of *À bout de souffle* — INA.
Provenance:
Kaoru and Raymond Cauchetier Collection
Exhibition(s):
2013, ‘Flashback Exhibition on Raymond Cauchetier’, Salon de la Photo, Porte de Versailles, Paris (7–11 November)
Additional 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
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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