POUGY, Liane de: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Rare portrait of the Sapphic Queen of the Folies-Bergère
Rare portrait of the Sapphic Queen of the Folies-Bergère
(after Léopold-Émile REUTLINGER) A. Gallice
Représentations. Liane de PougyOriginal large format lithograph poster
s. d. [circa 1890-1900]|100 x 140 cm|Une feuille entoilée
Original linen-backed lithograph, featuring a large portrait of Liane de Pougy by A. Gallice after a photograph by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger (“cliché Reutlinger” stated on the plate). Printed by G. Bataille. Horizontal and vertical fold marks, discreet traces of rolling at the hem of the dress, four pasted and stamped tax stamps, and a shadow in the left margin.

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Exceptionally rare original poster advertising a performance by the dancer and courtesan Liane de Pougy, renowned
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Liane de POUGY
Lettre autographe datée adressée à Salomon Reinach évoquant ses houleuses relations avec l'Amazone Natalie Clifford-Barney : "J'ai le poil sensible et comme le mousquetaire : bon coeur et mauvais caractère. C'est la 1ère fois que l'amazone m'aura dûrement visée..."
Le Clos-Marie (Roscoff) [Roscoff] 2 Septembre 1923|20.50 x 27 cm|1 page recto verso
Autograph letter dated from Liane de Pougy to the French archaeologist, curator of the Musée de Saint-Germain and professor of art history at the École du Louvre, Salomon Reinach, 56 lines written in blue ink on one double-sided sheet, written from her property at Clos-Marie in Roscoff where the famous courtesan stayed until 1926.
A small tear in the right-hand margin of the letter, inherent in the enveloping of the missive; another slight tear at the foot, without affecting the text.
Liane de Pougy marvels at the youthful vigor of Reinach, who had just turned 65: ' Many happy returns for your 65 years, which find you so young, so fresh, so green, with such playful (studious) feelin
€1,200
Liane de POUGY
"Missy-Missou est revenue nous voir avec 2 amis. C'est bien elle-lui que vous avez vu à l'Opéra. Il ou elle eût été charmée de vous saluer mais ne vous as pas perçu."Dated autograph letter addressed to Salomon Reinach in particular about the visits of his friend "Missy" Mathilde de Morny
Le Clos-Marie (Roscoff) 30 Août 1924|21 x 27.50 cm|1 page recto verso
Autograph letter dated from Liane de Pougy addressed to the French archaeologist, curator of the Saint-Germain museum and professor of art history at the École du Louvre, Salomon Reinach, 56 lines written in blue ink on a recto verso leaf, written from her property Clos-Marie in Roscoff where the famous courtesan stayed until 1926.
A small tear in the right margin of the letter and inherent to the folding of the missive.
Liane de Pougy does not have time to be bored in her Roscoff property: "J'écris beaucoup dans mes cahiers fleuris, et je reçois des visites" (I write a lot in my flowered notebooks, and I receive visits) where her
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Liane de POUGY
Myrrhille
Librairie Nilsson|Paris 1899|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 14 hors-texte illustrations obtained through photography.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened, two pale dampstains at foot of first board, light stains on second board, pleasant interior condition.
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Liane de POUGY
Lettre autographe signée adressée au peintre Gabriel Drageon
Lechenich 2 juillet 1898|11.30 x 16.30 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet remplié
Autograph letter signed by Liane de Pougy addressed to the painter Gabriel Drageon. Two pages in black ink on a completed sheet. Transversal tear - inherent in the enveloping of the missive - without missing on the second page and some small marginal gaps without damage to the text.
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