Tahiti

“Yes I have sarcasm in my words, yes I do not know how to flatter and bend my back, how to beg in official salons […] I am nothing but a braying schemer, but if I had submitted - yes I would be comfortable."

Long autograph letter dated August 1896 and signed by Paul Gauguin to painter Daniel de Monfreid. Four pages in black ink on two lined sheets.
Small tears to margins not affecting the text, traces of folds inherent to sending.
In the midst of his descent into hell, abandoned in his Tahitian artificial paradise, Gauguin feels cursed : “Definitely, I was born under a bad...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. Four pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Transverse fold inherent to mailing.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, in Brest. The writer maintained with this companion an abundant and very regular correspondence in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Last letter from Tahiti that Segalen sent to his friend: "La...

Double autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. Six pages written in black ink on three lined sheets. Transverse folds inherent to the mailing, angular tear to the first sheet (without loss of text), some restorations using paper strips.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and native of Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours in Brest. The writer maintained an abundant and very regular correspondence with this friend in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in all four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. One page written in black ink on a leaf. Transverse fold inherent to the mailing.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and native of Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, in Brest. The writer maintained with this comrade an abundant and very regular correspondence in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life to the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Segalen regrets not having news from his "dear little...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. Seven pages written in black ink on two double sheets. Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a physician from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours in Brest. The writer maintained an abundant and regular correspondence with this friend in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Long letter describing July 14th in Tahiti and the amorous customs of...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. Six pages written in black ink on a double sheet and a single sheet. Transverse folds inherent to the sending.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, in Brest. The writer maintained with this comrade an abundant and very regular correspondence in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Moving letter from the young doctor to...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard. Six and a half pages written in black ink on two double leaves. Transverse folds inherent to postal transmission.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours in Brest. The writer maintained an abundant and very regular correspondence with this comrade in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Fine letter relating the...

"Tépéva is my name". Handwritten postcard signed sent from Tahiti and addressed to Émile Mignard
Handwritten signed postcard from Victor Segalen, sent from Tahiti and addressed to émile Mignard. A few lines written in black ink around the black and white photographic reproduction of a view of Bora-Bora, correspondent's address handwritten on the verso. Some minor stains, a cut corner likely due to the removal of the stamp.
Doctor Segalen seems to have taken a wife: “A word from my wife to you: [written by the hand of said wife] iaorana fetii Tepeva te here neivou ia se no te...