Marcel Proust Plays Air Guitar on a Tennis Racket (1891)

Was “air gui­tar” a thing back in 1891, when a pho­tog­ra­ph­er cap­tured young Mar­cel Proust in this play­ful pho­to­graph? Prob­a­bly not. Maybe it’s anachro­nis­tic to read the pho­to­graph this way. But you have to admit, it’s worth sus­pend­ing dis­be­lief for a moment and imag­in­ing what song Mar­cel was play­ing. Any clever guess­es?

via The Atlantic

Relat­ed Con­tent:

The First Known Footage of Mar­cel Proust Dis­cov­ered: Watch It Online

An Intro­duc­tion to the Lit­er­ary Phi­los­o­phy of Mar­cel Proust, Pre­sent­ed in a Mon­ty Python-Style Ani­ma­tion

When James Joyce & Mar­cel Proust Met in 1922, and Total­ly Bored Each Oth­er

16-Year-Old Mar­cel Proust Tells His Grand­fa­ther About His Mis­guid­ed Adven­tures at the Local Broth­el

Mar­cel Proust Fills Out a Ques­tion­naire in 1890: The Man­u­script of the ‘Proust Ques­tion­naire’


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