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self-portrait

Pierre Guyotat

Galerie Azzedine Alaïa

Galerie Azzedine Alaïa
Paris, France

“This self-portrait dates from March 1962. I was coming out of a mission, for which I was the radio-operator, in the bled, in the Djurdjura. I had been warned by some of my fellow-soldiers from the base. When I got out of the jeep, I knew I was about to have a hard time, a hard time that could last for all my life. I got there, saw a jeep from the military police, I immediately ran into our room. My fellow-soldiers had already hidden my notes, and some of my objects – soldiers’ solidarity. I only had the time, the instinct to go in front of the mirror of the room and photograph myself in it. It was almost a self-portrait before civilian death. I thought I would disappear from civilian life into an Inferno of an unknown kind. Immediately afterwards, I was arrested, charged, and imprisoned.” Pierre Guyotat

Details

  • Title: self-portrait
  • Creator: Pierre Guyotat
  • Creator Birth Date: 1940
  • Physical Dimensions: 21 x 29, 7 cm
  • Type: Manuscript
  • Rights: Pierre Guyotat/Fonds NAF28094, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des manuscrits

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