ERICH LESSING (* 1923) Crowds welcoming General Charles De Gaulle, Algiers 1958

Vintage silver print 16 x 23,8 cm Signed by the photographer in ink on the reverse, his agency stamp and typographic annotation reading “DIST. 121/74: BIRTH OF THE ALGERIAN NATION: 20 YEARS AFTER THE FIGHT BEGAN” on the reverse PROVENANCE directly from the photographer De Gaulle’s first task as head of government was to defuse the situation in Algeria. In a four-day visit he tried to calm the Algerian population as well as the French "colonies". Algeria, 1958. LITERATURE Jean-Jacques Jordi, Algérie. De la guerre à l’indépendance 1957-1962, Editions Quest-France, Rennes 2012, p. 33.