Willy Ronis - Toilettes Publiques 1951 - Sold

Print made in 1993 by a former art printer - Archive model Imprimeur duotone enhanced with gloss varnish
This unpublished print was found in the depths of an editing workshop in the filing cabinets of a former art print shop, preciously kept flat and protected from light in an envelope. Although it is 29 years old, it has remained in a good state of preservation. Presence of traces of dirt and stains on the reverse side due to manipulation by the printer. The front, on the other hand, is intact, in perfect condition and has a remarkable shine. This copy was kept by the printer to serve as a reference for setting and coloring on the machine during reprints and can be considered one of a kind. always sitting at the entrance, waiting for a fixed fee is supplemented by a tip that the users of the place deposit on his saucer. Belleville-Menilmontant, he photographs it from top to bottom, maps it and immortalizes the 20th arrondissement with the culmination of the publication of a book that becomes a cult "Belleville-Menilmontant", published in 1954
"I have never pursued the unusual, the unheard of, the extraordinary, but what is most typical in our daily existence. » Willy Ronis