Description

Colour silver print, circa 1975.
Large photographic portrait of his friend after 40 years of friendship:

"Our paths crossed because one evening, it must have been at the end of 1932, Jacques and Pierre Prévert came to Épinay to show their film L'Affaire est dans le sac by René Clair. We had dinner at the studio, and I sat next to Jacques, who I didn't know. What's more, I didn't speak French very well, whereas he spoke a lot and very quickly, and we became great friends straight away.s. "

Alexandre Trauner - Film setsInterviews with Jean-Pierre Berthomé, Jade-Flammarion 1989)

Print from the Alexandre Trauner archives, quoted in the catalogue Alexandre Trauner - Jacques Prévert, A cinematographic work, n°270.

Annotations in pencil on the back.