Colle, Pierre
(1909–1948)
Colle, PierreColle, PierrePierre Colle (B * DOUARNENEZ, 1909 – D † PARIS, 1948) Art dealer, poet, and executor of Max Jacob's will. In 1930 he opened a gallery on rue Cambacérès in Paris, showing gouaches by Jacob, then surrealist work, notably Dali (1904 – 1989), »The Persistence of Memory« (exhibited 1931), Calder (1898 – 1976), and Giacometti (1901-1966). He is the dedicatee of Poulenc's Jouer du bugle from Parisiana, poems by Max Jacob. Colle is also the dedicatee of Henri Sauguet's (1901 –…