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With ballpoint pen on paper is a small drawing placed in the center of the paper. Through a drawn frame one sees the portrait of Rimbaud leaning on the left hand, the shadings are finely worked out. Notes and a sketch surround the clearly outlined portrait.
With ballpoint pen on paper is a small drawing placed in the center of the paper. Through a drawn frame one sees the portrait of Rimbaud leaning on the left hand, the shadings are finely worked out. Notes and a sketch surround the clearly outlined portrait.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, A. Rimbaud, 1980, Collection Arié Mandelbaum (BE)
A. Rimbaud

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The hands clenched into fists, the mouth wide open and dark circles around the eyes: this is how Mandelbaum portrays Joseph Goebbels. White gouache suggests a speech bubble, which supports the aggressive expression not with words but as a torrent of speech in brushstrokes.
The hands clenched into fists, the mouth wide open and dark circles around the eyes: this is how Mandelbaum portrays Joseph Goebbels. White gouache suggests a speech bubble, which supports the aggressive expression not with words but as a torrent of speech in brushstrokes.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, The Goebbels, ca. 1980, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR) Musée national d'art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Der Goebbels

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The portrait of the half-profile of the painter Francis Bacon is laid out on a landscape paper. Clearly outlined with ballpoint pen lines remains a wide passe-partout around the drawing placed almost in the center.
The portrait of the half-profile of the painter Francis Bacon is laid out on a landscape paper. Clearly outlined with ballpoint pen lines remains a wide passe-partout around the drawing placed almost in the center.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, Francis Bacon, 1984, MUSEUM MMK FOR MODERN ART Acquired with the generous support of the partners of the MMK
Francis Bacon

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A bar scene is drawn with charcoal and pencil on paper. A young woman in an overcoat with a clear eyeliner and a tousled hairstyle looks across the room toward the viewer. Two lines of writing run through the picture.
A bar scene is drawn with charcoal and pencil on paper. A young woman in an overcoat with a clear eyeliner and a tousled hairstyle looks across the room toward the viewer. Two lines of writing run through the picture.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, L'Albertine Bar (Beautiful Deception), 1986, Private Collection, Paris (FR)
L’ Albertine Bar (Beautiful Deception)

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Portrait drawing in portrait format with pencil on paper. A person with a tie and side parting looks lasciviously.
Portrait drawing in portrait format with pencil on paper. A person with a tie and side parting looks lasciviously.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, P. de Max, 1984, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST Acquired with the generous support of the partners of the MMK
P. de Max

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The sheet is divided into two sections by a yellow, glued-on paper strip in the first fifth of the sheet on the left. To the right of this is a portrait looking out to the right, and to the left of the strip are small sketches and notes.
The sheet is divided into two sections by a yellow, glued-on paper strip in the first fifth of the sheet on the left. To the right of this is a portrait looking out to the right, and to the left of the strip are small sketches and notes.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1980, Private Collection, Brussels (BE).
Pier Paolo Pasolini

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The portrait of Annie completely fills the large sheet. Mandelbaum draws the expressive face in pencil and uses all the shades of gray: the alert gaze and the dark short hairstyle appear strong - the blouse, on the other hand, only delicately hinted at.
The portrait of Annie completely fills the large sheet. Mandelbaum draws the expressive face in pencil and uses all the shades of gray: the alert gaze and the dark short hairstyle appear strong - the blouse, on the other hand, only delicately hinted at.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, Portrait d'Annie, Homosexuel, Putain juive, 1985, Private Collection (BE)
Portrait d’Annie, Homosexuel, Putain juive

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An ink drawing is laid out on a large sheet in the lower center. It shows Rimbaud in a white suit between the play of light and shadow of the sun in a garden in Harar (Ethiopia). The original is a photograph from 1883. Notes are added in pencil and ballpoint pen.
An ink drawing is laid out on a large sheet in the lower center. It shows Rimbaud in a white suit between the play of light and shadow of the sun in a garden in Harar (Ethiopia). The original is a photograph from 1883. Notes are added in pencil and ballpoint pen.
Stéphane Mandelbaum, Portrait de Rimbaud, ca. 1983, Lucien Bilinelli Collection (BE)
Portrait de Rimbaud

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