Oscar Dominguez is probably best known for the
Electro Sexual Sewing Machine.
He was a
surrealist (Fr) and a
forger (pdf).
When a fight broke out between Oscar Dominguez and Esteban Frances, it was Victor Brauner who stepped in to separate them, Dominguez accidentally struck him in the face with a bottle.
The injury cost Brauner his left eye, an event that Brauner had forseen.
Dominguez updated the technique known as
Decalmania.
His last lover was the heiress
Marie-Laure de Noailles and during this time he replaced some of her Picasso´s with forgeries painted by himself, selling the originals.
He is also suspected of forging Klee, Ledger and Laurens.
He slit his wrists one New years Eve and Janet Flanner
churlishly conjectured that he “lay down on the floor, being a dirty, untidy man…and bled all over everything”.
posted by adamvasco
on Nov 27, 2012 -
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