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| Ralph Barton, Nickolas Muray |
Voici la suite directe de la publication
n°395, grâce à Daniel Bueno (le Brésil est tout proche), nous avons maintenant le champ et le contre-champ de la prise de vue.
Cette photographie a été prise le matin même du suicide de Ralph Barton, le 19 mai 1931.
Bruce Kellner écrit
: That afternoon Ralph called on his old friend Nickolas Muray, to be photographed. The he returned to his apartment earlier than usual. […] He seemed to her more depressed than ever; ordinarily he shook the spell with some sourly funny observations about the state of the world. That evening the mood did not pass; he paced the apartment, murmuring to himself.
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| Nickolas Muray, Ralph Barton, 19 mai 1931 |
Muray et Barton se connaissaient depuis 1922, se fréquentant dans le Greenwich Village. En 1925, Muray avait publié une photographie dans Vanity Fair (on peut penser que le dessin date de cette période).
Bruce Kellner écrit : Although they were not yet married, the December issue of Vanity Fair featured a full-page Muray photograph of “Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barton, American Artists, One of the Drawn, One of the Spoken Line… a distinguished couple in the artistic circles of New York.” Ralph sits with his body in profile, staring bemused ; Carlotta stands next to him, eye downcast, her called the beautiful people, had the appellation existed.
Après leur divorce, l’actrice Carlotta Monterey épousa Eugene O’Neill. Une déchirure pour Barton.
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