Return to 20th-Century Photography Portraits   David Douglas Duncan - Multiple Portrait of Maurice Chevalier Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 8566 Price: $2,000 Medium: Silver print Mount: unmounted Image Date: 1963 Print Date: 1963 Dimensions: 9.05 x 6.1 in. (230 x 155 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: United States (USA) Description: Resembles a Wegee distortion, but is a rare prismatic image by Duncan. This vintage black and white conversion print was probably printed as promotional material for his book. Duncan's most atypical book and set of images stemmed from his friendship with and long-running study of Pablo Picasso. Why, Duncan wondered, had Picasso--a master of so many artistic mediums--held no particular fascination with photography itself. Picasso's reply was direct: "Long ago, I pointed to the lens and said the trouble was here!" The words became a challenge to Duncan, who commissioned Astro, of West Berlin, to adapt their sophisticated optics of lenses and prisms for the cinema and television industry to his Nikon F and Leica SL. The attempt marked a new way of rendering color and form, and led to the eventual publication of Duncan's book "Prismatics". Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.