He has the seductive smile and the sparkling gaze of those who live their passions without restrictions.
In the tone of Pierre Passebon's voice, we immediately feel a grain of enthusiasm that takes us back to childhood.
Antique dealer, founder of the Galerie du Passage in Paris, an authoritative scholar collector in art circles, Passebon has long been fascinated by actress Marlene Dietrich.
In 2018, this art historian was able to pay him a sumptuous tribute through the exhibition "Obsession Marlene (Dietrich)" organized in the Marais, at the European House of Photography (MEP).
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Pierre Passebon, on the side of Marlène Dietrich
From Marlene Dietrich to comics, there seems to be only one step, according to him.
“Simply because Marlene has the most graphic of faces,”
he smiles.
With her sharp profile, heavy eyelid, racy figure, the heroine
of Sternberg's
Shanghai Gesture
has a lot to do with comics.
The proof, the cartoonist Milton Caniff represents it in comics in the series
Terry and the Pirates,
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