Claude Delmas. AFP - Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris, at the RATP Auber station in Paris, on December 5, 1980.
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Digital print by Claude Delmas (AFP) of Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, at the RATP Auber station in Paris on 5 December 1980; good condition, stamped signature, image size 24.9 × 18.5 cm with margins, presented on a 30 × 24 cm mat board.
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Black and white prepress print on R.C. satin paper.
Digital archive print, medium resolution. Later print.
good condition.
Annotations and label on the back.
Size: 24.9 x 18.5 cm with margins.
Presented on a 30 x 24 cm mat board.
Jacques Chirac. RATP Auber in Paris, December 5, 1980. Prepress print - Photo 1/5
One of the most famous photos of Jacques Chirac. The former president, who was then
mayor of Paris, is wearing a gray suit, shirt and tie... He was there for an inauguration.
December 5, 1980. Welcome to the corridors of the brand new Auber RER station:
225 meters long, 4 km of corridors, 73 escalators, 15 elevators at the time, and
a president.
The shot went around the world. It was taken by Jean-Claude Delmas, a photographer at the Agence
France-Presse. He spent 50 years photographing the whole world, knew the former
president well, and he was there, in the right place, at the right time.
Jacques Chirac, cheater or not: He didn’t know how to use the metro. He didn’t know you
had to take your ticket again for the gate to open.
That's an entire myth built on one photo.
Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, simply didn't know how to use public transportation!
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Black and white prepress print on R.C. satin paper.
Digital archive print, medium resolution. Later print.
good condition.
Annotations and label on the back.
Size: 24.9 x 18.5 cm with margins.
Presented on a 30 x 24 cm mat board.
Jacques Chirac. RATP Auber in Paris, December 5, 1980. Prepress print - Photo 1/5
One of the most famous photos of Jacques Chirac. The former president, who was then
mayor of Paris, is wearing a gray suit, shirt and tie... He was there for an inauguration.
December 5, 1980. Welcome to the corridors of the brand new Auber RER station:
225 meters long, 4 km of corridors, 73 escalators, 15 elevators at the time, and
a president.
The shot went around the world. It was taken by Jean-Claude Delmas, a photographer at the Agence
France-Presse. He spent 50 years photographing the whole world, knew the former
president well, and he was there, in the right place, at the right time.
Jacques Chirac, cheater or not: He didn’t know how to use the metro. He didn’t know you
had to take your ticket again for the gate to open.
That's an entire myth built on one photo.
Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, simply didn't know how to use public transportation!
Sending la poste
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Claude Delmas. AFP
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Title of artwork
Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris, at the RATP Auber station in Paris, on December 5, 1980.
Condition
Good condition
Technique
Digital print
Height
30 cm
Width
24 cm
Signature
Stamped
Genre
Portrait
