Robert Doisneau
1950s (taken) 1988 (print)
Photo montage of a portrait of the clochard Coco inside a camera lens.

Gelatin silver print
23.7 x 17.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4131
 
Doisneau took this famous portrait of the clochard Coco, a well-known figure in Les Halles, Paris in 1952. A few years later he combined this portrait with the image of a camera lens to be illustrated on a publication cover which was never realized.
 
LL/123988