Original self-portrait signed by Jacques Prévert on a photographic postcard A. Baux | Saint-Paul-de-Vence [ca 1930] 9 x 14 cm | one photographic postcard
Original self-portrait in black ink of Jacques Prévert, depicting a man wearing a pointed hat and a bow tie, holding a flower in his left hand. Next to his drawing,
Prévert has signed an inscription to Jean-Pierre Richard, the 8-year-old son of Carlo Rim: “Pour Babon mon portrait. Jacques Prévert”. The photographic postcard shows a black and white view of the Rue du Casse-Cou à Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Five small pin holes in the margins of the card.
Carlo Rim is the Provençal writer of
Ma belle Marseille, a caricaturist and was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol, but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary. His son Jean-Pierre Richard will also become a famous writer and literary critic.