#Pierre Jahan

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Pierre Jahan

Pierre JAHAN (1909-2003) "Mer" Éditions O.E.T., Paris, 1936 Édition originale

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DEATH AND STATUES

During the war, in October 1941, the pro-Nazi Vichy government decreed that statues "without artistic or historical importance" could be torn to pieces by the Germans in order to reuse the metal.

In December, the photographer Pierre Jahan, taking considerable risks, photographed them, piled up in a courtyard in Paris, in the 12th arrondissement, ready to leave for the foundries.

Jean Cocteau was so enthusiastic about those photographs that he decided to publish them in a book, writing the text himself.

Just over a hundred pages, the illustrated volume was published at the end of the war, in 1946, and republished several times. It is one of the most beautiful, saddest and most engaging photographic books ever made, just look at the photos of the dying alligators or the discouragement of the young orphan of the other statues of his family. I don't think it has ever been published in other countries. It can be found online at decent prices. There is also a first edition with a dedication by Cocteau for 1,200 euros.

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Pierre Jahan · Etude de nus pour Plain-chant de Jean Cocteau (1947)

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Pierre Jahan (1909 - 2003)

Nu, 1951

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Pierre Jahan. Étude n° 12, 1936.

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Untitled, 1954

Pierre Jahan

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Pierre Jahan - Paris nocture, 1935.

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This syringe too...it can kill, Pierre Jahan, 1947

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Série Plain chant, illustrée par les poèmes de Jean Cocteau, par Pierre Jahan, 1947

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Pierre Jahan - Café E. Laur, à l'angle rue de la Grange aux Belles et quai de Jemmapes, Paris 1936

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Bonjour, bonne journée ☕️ ☁️

Cinéma, bd de la Madeleine🗼Paris 1934

Photo de Pierre Jahan

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Pierre Jahan

Paris la nuit, circa 1940

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Photo by Pierre Jahan, 1946

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Plain Chant, 1947 © Pierre Jahan

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Pierre Jahan: Louvre, 1947