Léon-Paul Fargue
Banalitè

Banalitè

Public Domain

Banalitè
AuthorFrench, 1876–1947
ArtistFrench, 1905–1977
ArtistFrench, 1906–1979
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Banalitè
Date1930
PlaceParis, France
MediumBook with illustrations by Roger Parry
DimensionsOverall (closed): 15 3/16 × 11 1/2 × 1 in. (38.6 × 29.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Prospero Foundation
Object number87.241
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

To accompany the deluxe edition of the Symbolist writer Léon-Paul Fargue’s book Banalité, Roger Parry created 16 images that were tipped-in to the volume as photogravures. His illustrations, each inspired by one of Fargue’s poems or prose essays, pushed the boundaries of the medium: photograms, solarization, negative prints, photomontages, multiple exposures, and “straight” photographs infused with a sinister, almost film-noir, sense of foreboding.


Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.

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