Jacques-Émile BLANCHE (Serge de DIAGHILEW)
Manuscrit autographe signé de l'éloge funèbre de Serge Diaghilev[Autograph manuscript signed of the funeral eulogy for Serge Diaghilev]
s. d. [fin 1929 ?]|20 x 25.30 cm|en feuillets
Autograph manuscript signed by the painter and writer Jacques-Émile Blanche, entitled « Serge de Diaghileff ». Five leaves written in black ink, with numerous corrections in blue. Autograph foliation in black ink, later foliation in blue pencil. Leaf 4, originally in two parts, was joined with a strip of adhesive affixed to the verso.
Crossed-out passages and corrections.
A very fine funeral oration by Jacques-Émile Blanche for his friend Serge Diaghilev, director of the celebrated Ballets Russes.
The painter and writer Jacques-Émile Blanche pays tribute to the genius of Serge Diaghilev, shortly after his death in Venice in 1929. Chosen as
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