| Robert Doisneau Photo montage of a portrait of the clochard Coco inside a camera lens. 1950s (taken) 1988 (print) Gelatin silver print 23.7 x 17.5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions 19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4131 LL/123988 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.
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