[PRÉVERT] Anonymous

[PRÉVERT] Anonymous

Original photograph, gelatin silver print
N.p., n.d., [c. 1925-1930], approx. 8 x 5.5 cm (8.6 x 6.2 cm with margins), on Velox paper
Minor surface flaws, crease at lower left corner
Floating mount under frame, black frame and mat, museum glass

Scarce portrait of the young Prévert

Probably taken around the turn of the 1930s, this intimate portrait shows a very young Prévert, long before the recognition of his immense talent as a poet. Seated amid the tall grasses of a wild moorland landscape, he holds a bovine skull in his hands.

We have not located any other examples of this photograph in public collections.