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unusual facts about Jeu de Paume



Ainay

On 2 August that year the dauphin Francis played at a jeu de paume court "prés d'Ainay" and, getting overheated, drank a glass of iced water which proved fatal (he died a few days later at Tournon, aged 18).

Francis III, Duke of Brittany

After playing a round of tennis at a jeu de paume court "prés d'Ainay", the Dauphin asked for a cup of water, which was brought to him by his secretary, Count Montecuccoli.

Rodney Graham

In 2009, Graham exhibited a series of film installations with Harun Farocki, called "HF/RG," at the Jeu de Paume, Paris.


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Mark Haworth-Booth

He curated, with the Jeu de Paume in Paris and the National Portrait Gallery in London, a centenary retrospective of the pioneering photographer Camille Silvy (1834-1910), shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 2010.