Series - The Telephone in art
Obviously not easy to find old works for my telephone series, but all the same, this sublime poster by Jules Chéret dates from 1890!
Telephone music services and coin-operated jukeboxes are not 20th century innovations but 19th century ones. The Théâtrophone, and its London equivalent the Electrophone, were the first commercial systems to broadcast operas and other musical events over a network of telephone wires. Chéret's poster depicts a fashionable Parisian woman, dressed for an evening at the Opera, listening to live music in stereo for five cents.
Félix Vallotton, “At the market”, 1887.
Vallotton was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1865 - he took French citizenship in 1900. In 1882, he moved to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian. His early paintings, mainly portraits, are in the academic tradition. In 1885, he painted his first self-portrait, a painting which received an "honorable" mention at the Salon des artistes français in 1886. Over the next decade, Vallotton painted, wrote articles and art reviews and produced numerous prints.
He joined the "Nabis" group in 1893, before which he learned about photography around 1889, his spontaneous framings are found in his painting; he captures subjects from behind, rows of rooms, high-angle or low-angle scenes, like photographic shots taken from life reinterpreted in painting and sublimated. We are close to naive art or art brut, like Dubuffet or Chaissac.
Tsuguharu Foujita, chair rung on his fingers, earring, flip-flop and sublime bracelet, not a bad look for 1928. And what a beautiful photo of André Kertesz!
Soon, new generations will no longer even understand what this object is! However, what could be more natural than a lobster on a telephone, natural for a surrealist, of course.
“Aphrodisiac Telephone” by Dali, 1938.
Alfred Hitchcock photographed in 1954 on the set of the film "Dial M for Murder".
We have everything: the pink phone, the dog, the walls, everything!
The beautiful Joan Collins sees life in pink, photo by Slim Aarons, 1955.
Captain Haddock drawn by Hergé.
"Ohhh... Alright..." by Roy Lichtenstein, painted in 1964, iconic work of Pop Art.
Joan Miró, on the left "The Lady of the Telephone" and on the right, "The Night Watchman".
Frankly, he remains the youngest, the most daring, the most inventive, never afraid of tarnishing his image, in short he remained free! I brought together these two huge lithographs (125 cm high all the same) with photomontage, because they were published at the same time, in 1971, by my grandfather. They are perfect for my phone series.
They're not bad, all the same, our artists made in France!
Ivan Messac, “Robot starlet portrait”, 1969.
Don't miss his next one man show, at Art Paris, on the Taglialatella Gallery stand. I had the chance (and privilege) to see some works in preview, it's great!
"Wrapped Telephone, Project for LM Ericsson Model", by Christo, 1985.
“Nuclear Telephone Discovered in Hell” from 2003, by Abu-Bakarr Mansaray born in Sierra Leone, discovered during the Taipei Biennial.
One of the most important artists today, always humorous, very beautiful construction. Daniel Arsham, collaboration with Dior for this “Eroded relic Telephone”, 2020, an edition of 250 ultra collectible copies!