Pierre Jahan French, 1909-2003
Le Pendu des puces, 1943
Photography, vintage gelatin-silver print by the artist
36,5 x 28 cm
A mannequin hangs in front of a stall of antiques at a Parisian flea market. Jahan transforms an unexpected scene into a disturbing image through his choice of subject and...
A mannequin hangs in front of a stall of antiques at a Parisian flea market. Jahan transforms an unexpected scene into a disturbing image through his choice of subject and the relationship between the objects. By thus evoking the strangeness of the everyday, this photograph belongs to a body of work that testifies to the photographer's surrealist sensibility.
Provenance
Atelier Pierre JahanSuccession Pierre Jahan
Literature
Pierre jahan, à l’ombre des rois, lumières et jeux de la photographie, éditions loco, saint dénis musée d’art et d’histoire, 2015, 119p.Pierre Jahan, libre cours, Actes Sud, Musée Réattu, Arles, 2010, 131p.
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