The Slapstick Routine of Parisian Monumentalism: Robert Desnos and Jacques-André Boiffard’s “Pygmalion and the Sphinx” (1930)
This essay considers the 1930 essay “Pygmalion and the Sphinx” by Robert Desnos, originally published alongside Jacques André-Boiffard’s photographs of Parisian monuments in the journal Documents. I focus on Desnos and Boiffard’s tragicomic depiction of the municipal council of Paris’ failure to rec...
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Index Journal
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Index Journal |
| Online Access: | https://index-journal.org/issues/monument/the-slapstick-routine-of-parisian-monumentalism-robert-desnos-and-jacques-andre-boiffard-s-pygmalion-and-the-sphinx-1930 |
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