Pierre Nahon
{{Short description|French art collector (1935–2020)}}
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| birth_date = 30 December 1935
| birth_place = Oran, French Algeria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|09|10|1935|12|30}}
| death_place = Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/09/11/mort-du-galeriste-pierre-nahon_6051842_3382.html|title=Mort du galeriste Pierre Nahon|website=Le Monde|language=fr|url-access=limited|access-date=11 September 2020}}
| nationality = French
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| occupation = Art collector and dealer
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Pierre Nahon (30 December 1935 – 10 September 2020) was an Algerian-born French art collector and gallery owner.{{cite book |last= |first= |date=1997|title=Who's Who in France, 1995-1996|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location= |publisher= |isbn=2-85784-033-0}}
Biography
Nahon was born on 30 December 1935 in Oran. In 1936, his family moved to Paris.{{cite web|url=https://www.galeriebeaubourg.com/biographie-pierre-nahon|title=Pierre Nahon|work=Galerie Beaubourg|language=French}} At the age of 16, he bought a watercolor painting by Francis Picabia.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/da-sotheby-s-i-monumentali-nahon/130827.html|title=Da Sotheby's i monumentali Nahon|date=March 2019|work=Il Giornale dell Arte|language=Italian}} After returning from the Algerian War, he met aspiring actress Marianne Bayet.{{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/collection-marianne-et-pierre-nahon-lart-cest-la-vie-online|title=Collection Marianne et Pierre Nahon, l'art c'est la vie Online|date=25 March 2019|work=Sotheby's|language=French}} They married in December 1960. In 1973, they left their respective careers to open their own art gallery, Galerie Beaubourg in Paris, near the future Centre Pompidou. As a novice gallery owner, he worked with Patrice Trigano and managed to obtain works by César Baldacchini and Arman.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2003/09/19/l-insolente-reussite-du-couple-nahon_334711_3246.html|title=L'insolente réussite du couple Nahon|date=19 September 2003|work=Le Monde|language=French}}
In 1996, Nahon and Bayet were the subjects of a documentary by Jean-Luc Léon titled Un marchand, des artistes et des collectionneurs, which discussed money in the world of art. Nahon felt betrayed and victimized by the documentary,{{cite web|url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/archives-tv-asi/avent-2-les-marchands-et-le-realisateur|title=Avent #2 : les marchands et le réalisateur|date=6 December 2019|work=Arrêt sur images|language=French}} which Léon claimed to be entirely unintentional.{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/import/article/2005/08/06/un-marchand-des-artistes-et-des-collectionneurs_678247_3544.html|title=Un marchand, des artistes et des collectionneurs|date=6 August 2005|work=Le Monde|language=French}}
Pierre Nahon died on 10 September 2020 at the age of 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/mort-de-pierre-nahon-le-grand-marchand-francais-d-arman-et-cesar-20200910|title=Mort de Pierre Nahon, le grand marchand français d'Arman et César|date=10 September 2020|work=Le Figaro|language=French}}
Exhibited artists
Nahon exhibited artists such as; Armand, César Baldacchini, Charles Matton, Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, George Segal, Andy Warhol, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Dado, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Joseph Beuys.
In 2004, Nahon and Bayet sold their collection from the Château de Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs in Vence in a partnership with Sotheby's. On 19 March 2019, a new sale was made at the Galerie Charpentier.{{cite web|url=https://fr.artprice.com/artmarketinsight/en-bref-art-geneve-les-foires-en-asie-dispersion-de-la-collection-nahon|title=En Bref ! Art Genève – Les foires en Asie – Dispersion de la collection Nahon|date=1 February 2019|work=artprice.com|language=French}}
Books
- Venise, comme un miroir (2016)
- César, l'âge de bronze (2017){{cite web|url=http://www.editions-galilee.fr/f/index.php?sp=livAut&auteur_id=2147|title=Pierre Nahon|work=Éditions Galilée|language=French}}
- Dictionnaire amoureux illustré de l'art moderne et contemporain (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.lisez.com/auteur/pierre-nahon/121883|title=Pierre Nahon|work=Lisez!|language=French}}
- Persona Grata (2019){{cite web|url=http://www.editions-galilee.fr/f/index.php?sp=liv&livre_id=3514|title=Persona grata|work=Éditions Galilée|language=French}}
=Contributions=
- 25 ans d’art vivant (1986)
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