Gérard Philipe as Modigliani in "Montparnasse 19". A film by Jacques Becker. A scene being filmed on the beach. Cagnes-sur-Mer 1957.

Actor Gérard Philipe, in character as the artist Amedeo Modigliani, holds an intense, direct gaze in this medium close-up portrait. The photograph was taken on the beach in Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1957, during the filming of a scene for Jacques Becker’s “Montparnasse 19.” With thick, dark hair, Philipe wears a dark, heavy scarf wrapped over a light-colored, button-up shirt. The grainy quality of the film adds visible texture to the image.

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