Pierre Jahan (1909–2003), photograph

1944

A photograph taken by Pierre Jahan in his apartment in Paris in 1944. He has written on the back: ‘Aucune cachette ne survit à une bonne perquisition … il était pourtant plus prudent de glisser les “Éditions de Minuit” dans la seconde rangée de sa bibliothèque!’ (No hiding place survives a thorough police search … however, it was prudent to slip copies of Éditions de Minuit [books] into the back row of this library.)

Lent by Charles Chadwyck-Healey.

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