Pierre Jahan French, 1909-2003
Comme dans la Bible, 1945
Photomontage
30 x 40 cm
One of only a couple (two or three) known copied, one of which is in Jahan's reference book.
Photomontage tiré par l'artiste, with the studio stamp on the beck. Titled and dated by the artist.
Specific for Surrealist photo-montages, this work stages a strange scene of a snake skelleton. The title and motifs give away the key of interpretation: a play on the myth of the Forbidden fruit and the fall of Man. At the time this montage was realized, Jahan was in contact wth Jean Cocteau - we can recognize the influence of Cocteau's myths and precepts.
Printed in the 60s, it is part of only a couple of examples that were done by Jahan, and never commercialized before.
Printed in the 60s, it is part of only a couple of examples that were done by Jahan, and never commercialized before.
Specific for Surrealist photo-montages, this work stages a strange scene of a snake skelleton. The title and motifs give away the key of interpretation: a play on the myth of the Forbidden fruit and the fall of Man. At the time this montage was realized, Jahan was in contact wth Jean Cocteau - we can recognize the influence of Cocteau's myths and precepts.
Printed in the 60s, it is part of only a couple of examples that were done by Jahan, and never commercialized before.
Printed in the 60s, it is part of only a couple of examples that were done by Jahan, and never commercialized before.