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  1. Les soirées de Paris N°21 de la 3ème année
    Alfred JARRY, Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

    Les soirées de Paris N°21 de la 3ème année

    Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Février 1914|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Contributions by Alfred Jarry "Letters", Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Fernand Divoire, Roch Grey "A News Item, Three Romances, Elegies", Maurice Raynal "The Art of Being an Imbecile"...
    Issue illustrated with 5 reproductions of works by André Derain and a portrait of Alfred Jarry by Pablo Picasso.
    Marginal lacks and tears to covers.
    €120
  2. Les soirées de Paris N°21 de la 3ème année
    Alfred JARRY, Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

    Les soirées de Paris N°21 de la 3ème année

    Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Février 1914|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Contributions by Alfred Jarry "Lettres", poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Fernand Divoire, Roch Grey "Un fait divers, Trois romances, Elégies", Maurice Raynal "L'art d'être un imbécile"...
    Issue illustrated with 5 reproductions of works by André Derain and a portrait of Alfred Jarry by Pablo Picasso.
    Rare and handsome copy despite two small marginal tears on the back cover.
    €350
  3. Les soirées de Paris N°20 de la 3ème année
    Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, COLLECTIF

    Les soirées de Paris N°20 de la 3ème année

    Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Janvier 1913|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue devoted to the Douanier Rousseau.
    Contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire including "Le Douanier", René Dalize, Adolphe Basler, 3 poems and letters by the Douanier Rousseau...
    Issue illustrated with 7 reproductions of works by the Douanier Rousseau.
    Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal tears of no consequence to the covers.
    €400
  4. Ben Silbert
    Louis VAUXCELLES

    Ben Silbert

    Galerie Charles-Auguste Girard|Paris 1928|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing after 100 copies on Arches vellum.
    Work illustrated with 24 reproductions of works by Ben Silbert.
    Handsome copy despite small lacks to headcaps.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Ben Silbert to a couple of his friends: "To my "sister" Andrée and my friend Linzeler as a souvenir of their visit to my studio from Ben Silbert. Paris Sept. 1933"
    €150
  6. Miniatures
    Devi TUSZYNSKI

    Miniatures

    Musée d'Art juif|Paris 1991|15 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of the exhibition catalogue held at the Museum of Jewish Art in Paris from November 20, 1990 to January 31, 1991.
    Handsome copy illustrated with reproductions of works by Devi Tuszynski.
    Autograph inscription signed by Devi Tuszynski to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski enhanced with a small drawing representing a feather.

    €80
  7. La fable et le fouet
    Alain BOSQUET

    La fable et le fouet

    Gallimard|Paris 1995|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Fine copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

    €30
  9. La Belle Epoque. Crapouillot n°29
    COLLECTIF

    La Belle Epoque. Crapouillot n°29

    Imprimerie spéciale du Crapouillot|Paris Juin 1955|24.50 x 31.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Under the direction of Jean Galtier-Boissière.
    Very fine and rich iconography, complete with publisher's slip.
    Minor worming to foot of boards, one crease to head of rear board.
    €70
  10. L'Inde ses temples ses sculptures
    LOUIS FRÉDÉRIC

    L'Inde ses temples ses sculptures

    Art et métiers graphiques|Paris 1959|23 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Richly illustrated first edition.
    Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
    A handsome copy.

    €50
  12. Manifeste technique de la sculpture futuriste
    COLLECTIF, Umberto BOCCIONI

    Manifeste technique de la sculpture futuriste

    S. n.|Milano [Milan] 11 Avril 1912|23 x 29.50 cm|une feuille
    First edition.
    Two central fold marks, one horizontal, the other vertical causing a tiny lack.


    €200
  14. La revue blanche N°38 de la 5ème année
    Maurice DENIS, COLLECTIF

    La revue blanche N°38 de la 5ème année

    La Revue Blanche|Paris Décembre 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Contributions by Henri Albert "Auguste Strindberg", Victor Barrucand "Buddhist Writings", Gustave Kahn "The Mad King (continued)", Romain Coolus "Dramatic Notes"...
    Minor worming and stains to boards.
    Our copy is complete with the original print by Maurice Denis.
    €450
  15. Les cahiers du Cap. N°1 de la nouvelle série
    (to Antonin ARTAUD) Marcel HIVER

    Les cahiers du Cap. N°1 de la nouvelle série

    Les cahiers du Cap|Paris 1928|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the issue of this magazine directed by Marcel Hiver and which intends to lambast and wage war on “the traffickers of art and criticism”
    Spine and boards slightly discoloured, discrete restorations on the board margins,
    Precious handwritten presentation signed by Marcel Hiver: “A Antonin Artaud dont j'ai lu avec le plus vif intérêt la rayonnante réponse aux surréalistes. En signe de très sincère estime intellectuelle.” “To Antonin Artaud, whose radiant response to the Surrealists I have read with the greatest interest. A sign of utmost intellectual respect.”
    We also attach a printed carte de visite by Marcel Hiver on which he added these words...
    €800
  16. L'oeuvre de Aimé Morot
    COLLECTIF

    L'oeuvre de Aimé Morot

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1906|34 x 44 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition printed in 500 numbered copies at press and bearing Aimé Morot's signature on the justification page.
    Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine.
    Introduction by C. Moreau-Vauthier.
    Work illustrated with 60 plates reproducing works by Aimé Morot.
    Light foxing affecting the endpapers.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €1,500
  17. "J'irai dès demain au Palais de Cristal, voir un peu notre Exposition"
    Edouard DUBUFE

    "J'irai dès demain au Palais de Cristal, voir un peu notre Exposition"Signed autograph letter

    Londres [London] 20 mai 1884|11.20 x 17.60 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph visiting card signed by the painter Edouard Dubufe, official portraitist under the Second Empire.
    During a stay in London, the painter informs his correspondent about the future universal exhibition to be held in 1889 in Paris. He plans a visit to the Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton's masterpiece which housed the first Universal Exhibition. Dubufe arranges a meeting with his correspondent regarding the Exhibition Jury, which will select the paintings presented at the exhibition.
    €600
  18. "je connais tout l'or et les diamants de votre coeur"
    Louis CABAT

    "je connais tout l'or et les diamants de votre coeur"Signed autograph letter

    Paris 21 mars 1847|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Louis Cabat, French landscape painter and engraver of the Barbizon School. One folded sheet
    The painter solicits the help of a benefactress for an artists' lottery for the "father of a very distinguished artist, who died a few years ago".
    €100
  19. "Parmi les nombreux refus du jury j'ai l'honneur de vous signaler une nouvelle injustice"
    Louis CABAT

    "Parmi les nombreux refus du jury j'ai l'honneur de vous signaler une nouvelle injustice"Autograph letter signed against the Salon

    Paris s. d.|11.90 x 18.50 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Signed autograph letter from painter Louis Cabat, French landscape painter and engraver of the Barbizon School. One folded sheet
    The painter solicits a member of the Salon jury on behalf of a young artist, Emile Loncle, a "jeune débutant plein d'avenir a présenté cette année un charmant paysage que des artistes distingués ont su apprécier, et je serais heureux monsieur, que vous voulussiez bien vous-même juger de la valeur du tableau" ["promising young beginner who has presented this year a charming landscape that distinguished artists have been able to appreciate, and I would be happy, sir, if you would kindly judge the value of the painting yourself"].
    €80
  20. manifeste sur l'admission des oeuvres modernes aux expositions d'art français à l'étranger
    Maurice CHABAS

    manifeste sur l'admission des oeuvres modernes aux expositions d'art français à l'étrangerUnpublished autograph manuscript

    s. d.|17.70 x 22.80 cm|Deux feuillets et un papillon encollé
    Unpublished autograph manuscript signed by the symbolist painter Maurice Chabas, on "the admission of modern works to French art exhibitions abroad". Two leaves and a slip pasted on the first page. Crossed-out passages, fold marks and small marginal tears not affecting text.
    Fascinating manifesto for the promotion of living artists and the avant-garde, by Chabas who devoted himself to total abstraction in the 1920s.
    "A great meeting will take place shortly on the subject of admitting modern works to French art exhibitions abroad.
    [...] Now until this moment, the great art movement that has been manifesting itself for several years, so interesting in its...
    €700
  23. Billet autographe signé
    Ernest Ange DUEZ

    Billet autographe signé

    6 novembre 1889|11.10 x 13 cm|un billet
    Autograph letter of thanks signed by painter and illustrator Ernest Ange Duez, on the occasion of his promotion to Officer of the Legion of Honor.
    €50
  24. "j'irai vous voir dès que le temps sera plus doux"
    Louis CABAT

    "j'irai vous voir dès que le temps sera plus doux"Signed Business Card

    10 janvier 1889|10.30 x 6.30 cm|une carte de visite
    Autograph signed visiting card from landscape painter Louis Cabat, member of the Barbizon School and the Institut.
    "Cher ami, bien des regrets de ne pas vous avoir vu hier, veuillez agréer mes voeux les plus affectueux à l'occasion de la nouvelle année, j'irai vous voir dès que le temps sera plus doux [...] L.C" ["Dear friend, much regret at not having seen you yesterday, please accept my most affectionate wishes for the new year, I will come to see you as soon as the weather is milder [...] L.C"]
    €50
  25. Algèbre des valeurs morales
    (to Pablo PICASSO) Marcel JOUHANDEAU

    Algèbre des valeurs morales

    Gallimard|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance copy.
    Spine and covers lightly soiled without significance.
    Very precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau: "Pour Pablo Picasso avec mon souvenir ému. Marcel Jouhandeau." ["For Pablo Picasso with my fond remembrance. Marcel Jouhandeau."]
    €1,800
  26. prix de ses sculptures de généraux des guerres napoléoniennes à la Cathédrale Saint-Paul de Londres
    Francis Leggatt CHANTREY

    prix de ses sculptures de généraux des guerres napoléoniennes à la Cathédrale Saint-Paul de LondresSigned autograph letter

    Edinburgh 1812 (June 2nd)|18.30 x 23 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Signed autograph letter by the British sculptor sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, to the Saint-Paul Cathedral's committee, about his four monuments to military heroes from the Napoleonic wars commissioned by the government.
    Sir Chantrey, leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, carved the portraits of Major-General Daniel Hoghton, Major-General Bowes, and Colonel Henry Cadogan, and (in a single monument) Major-Generals Gore and Skerrett.
    He gives in this letter an estimate for five marble statues of generals from the British army, four of which have ultimately not been selected by the committee and replaced by other names.
    "Edinburgh, June 2nd 1812...
    €500
  27. Billet autographe signé : "La couleur est une exception : c'est ce qui la rend si belle"
    Paul-Albert BESNARD

    Billet autographe signé : "La couleur est une exception : c'est ce qui la rend si belle"

    12 décembre 1912|17.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Albert Besnard, one year before his appointment as head of the French Academy in Rome. One sheet, two portraits of the painter from press clippings enclosed.
    "I have no thoughts at this moment [...] In Nature everything is grey. Color is an exception: that is what makes it so beautiful.
    Velázquez? Rubens?
    Only non-colorists put color everywhere
    A Besnard
    12 Dec 1912"



    €200
  28. "Ce pauvre garçon voudrait entrer à l'Assistance publique"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "Ce pauvre garçon voudrait entrer à l'Assistance publique"Autograph letter signed to Lucien Hector Monod

    23 octobre 1901|9.80 x 15.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, requesting his correspondent's assistance in finding a position for a young clerk. 3 pages on a folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    €60
  29. "Je pensais à vous en achevant mon tableau"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "Je pensais à vous en achevant mon tableau"Autograph letter signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    17 mars 1896|11.40 x 17.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, regarding his latest painting, "The Last Supper", now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Arras. 3 pages on a folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    "[...] je pensais à vous en achevant mon tableau. A chaque tentative nouvelle, vous êtes venu m'encourager et cette fois j'ai osé entreprendre, et...
    €150
  30. "j'ose à peine vous inviter à venir voir mon nouveau tableau "les Conscrits"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "j'ose à peine vous inviter à venir voir mon nouveau tableau "les Conscrits"Autograph letter signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    30 novembre 1890|11.40 x 17.80 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from the painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, regarding one of his most famous paintings depicting future soldiers of the Great War, entitled "Les Conscrits", now held in the collections of the Assemblée nationale in Paris. 2 pages on a folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second prize of Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    Known for his Breton subjects in realistic style...
    €300
  31. Joaquin Ferrer
    Lionel RAY

    Joaquin Ferrer

    Editions Palantines|Paris 2001|14 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    Bilingual first edition, with the French text preceding the English.
    Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
    Handsome copy illustrated with reproductions of works by Joaquin Ferrer.
    €60
  32. Miro catalan universel
    Pere GIMFERRER

    Miro catalan universel

    Editions Hier et demain|Paris 1978|26.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition in French.
    Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has minor marginal tears of no consequence.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with numerous reproductions of works by Joan Miro.
    €50
  34. Carte autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    Carte autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod

    23 mars 1893|13.40 x 7.80 cm|une carte
    Autograph card from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, congratulating his colleague on receiving a distinction. One card.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second prize of Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    €50
  35. "les tableaux que nous comptons exposer pour le Salon du champ de Mars"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "les tableaux que nous comptons exposer pour le Salon du champ de Mars"Autograph card signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    23 février 1893|13.80 x 9.50 cm|une carte
    Autograph card from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to painter Lucien Monod. One card.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    "Je vous envoie pour la Société de sauvetage de l'Enfance [...] une eau-forte de ma Madone, épreuve sur Japon avant la lettre, signée du graveur et de moi. [...] Nous aurons grand plaisir mon ami Courtois et moi à vous montrer dimanche...
    €80
  36. Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "une figure de vieux Breton que je trouverai certainement dans un village"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "une figure de vieux Breton que je trouverai certainement dans un village"

    s. d. [circa 1890]|13.80 x 9.50 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter from the painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to the painter Lucien Monod, declining an invitation in order to work on a new painting (Un vieux breton), now preserved at Chaalis, in the museum of the royal abbey. One folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and from the New York Frick family.
    His visits to Brittany inspired numerous canvases...
    €180
  37. Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "vous plairait-il de voir mon tableau les pèlerins d'Emmaüs ?"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "vous plairait-il de voir mon tableau les pèlerins d'Emmaüs ?"

    29 octobre 1897|12.90 x 14.60 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to painter Lucien Monod, inviting his colleague to see his painting The Pilgrims of Emmaus, now in the Pittsburgh Carnegie Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. One folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    "Vous plairait-il cher Monsieur Monod de voir avant que je ne l'envoie en...
    €150
  38. Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "pour tout ce que vous avez fait pour mon ami [le peintre Gustave] Courtois"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    Lettre autographe signée au peintre Lucien Hector Monod "pour tout ce que vous avez fait pour mon ami [le peintre Gustave] Courtois"

    s. d.|12.90 x 14.60 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to painter Lucien Monod, thanking him for the assistance he provided to his friend painter Gustave Courtois. Dagnan-Bouveret had married Courtois's cousin, whom he also immortalized in his studio (private collection). One folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    €100
  39. "On a voulu s'arrêter à cent sociétaires"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "On a voulu s'arrêter à cent sociétaires"Autograph letter signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    3 février 1890|11.20 x 17.40 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to painter Lucien Monod. The painter offers his apologies following the refusal to nominate two friends of painter Monod as associates of the newly created Société nationale des beaux-arts. One folded sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    « [...] Neither Mr Burgers nor Jules Girardet...
    €80
  40. "C'est encore au sujet de mon ami André Legrand"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "C'est encore au sujet de mon ami André Legrand"Autograph letter signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    25 mars 1890|11.10 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret to painter Lucien Monod. The painter seeks his friend's help for painter André Legrand, who was also fond of Breton scenes in his paintings and reproduced through his works the Parisian nightlife of the Belle Époque. One sheet.
    Trained in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second Prix de Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    €80
  41. "La lettre d'un de mes cousins conservateur au musée Guimet"
    Pascal Adolphe Jean DAGNAN-BOUVERET

    "La lettre d'un de mes cousins conservateur au musée Guimet"Autograph letter signed to the painter Lucien Hector Monod

    31 octobre 1890|11.10 x 17.40 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter from the painter Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, transmitting a missive from one of his cousins, the painter Emile Deshayes, curator of the Guimet museum and founder of the Ennery museum. One sheet.
    Trained in the workshops of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Dagnan-Bouveret received the second prize of Rome. Of naturalist inspiration, he devoted himself to religious painting and had a prolific career as a portraitist at the end of his life. He received prestigious commissions from the Countess of Béarn and the New York Frick family.
    €150
  42. Lettre autographe signée à un confrère peintre
    Édouard DETAILLE

    Lettre autographe signée à un confrère peintre

    s. d.|11.20 x 14.90 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter and illustrator of military scenes Edouard Detaille, one folded sheet.
    The painter informs his correspondent about a distinction that a colleague is about to receive.
    €80
  43. Lettre autographe signée
    Édouard DETAILLE

    Lettre autographe signée

    s. d.|10 x 15.90 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter and illustrator of military scenes Edouard Detaille, one sheet.
    The painter presents his apologies to a female correspondent, after having declined her invitation to the Oller circus.
    €80
  44. Lettre autographe signée de remerciement au critique Paul de Saint-Victor "en vous offrant un petit morceau de peinture"
    CAROLUS-DURAN

    Lettre autographe signée de remerciement au critique Paul de Saint-Victor "en vous offrant un petit morceau de peinture"

    30 mai 1979|11.10 x 18.70 cm|une feuille rempliée et enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic, to the critic and essayist Paul de Saint-Victor. One folded sheet, envelope included.
    The painter thanks the journalist for "des lignes si bienveillantes que vous avez bien voulu me consacrer à propos de mon envoi au Salon. [...] je serais heureux de vous le prouver en vous offrant un petit morceau de peinture, si vous voulez me faire le plaisir d'accepter" ["such kind lines that you were good enough to dedicate to me regarding my submission to the Salon. [...] I would be happy to prove it to you by offering you a small...
    €180
  45. Lettre autographe signée au critique Paul de Saint-Victor
    CAROLUS-DURAN

    Lettre autographe signée au critique Paul de Saint-Victor

    17 décembre 1880|9.90 x 15.60 cm|une feuille rempliée et enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic, to Paul de Saint-Victor, French critic and essayist. One folded sheet with envelope.
    The artist recommends a young woman painter to his friend "Elle a fait une copie de Rubens - Marie de Médicis représentant la France. Cette personne a du talent et est digne, à tous égards, de votre bienveillance. Je vous serai infiniment reconnaissant de ce que vous voudrez bien faire pour elle" ["She made a copy of Rubens - Marie de Médicis representing France. This person has talent and is worthy, in all respects, of your benevolence...
    €200
  46. "Vous me demandez le prix d'un portrait"
    CAROLUS-DURAN

    "Vous me demandez le prix d'un portrait"Signed autograph letter

    23 mai 1890|11.60 x 17.80 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic, to a female recipient. One folded sheet with envelope.
    The artist discusses a future portrait with his correspondent: "Chère Madame, Vous me demandez le prix d'un portrait comme celui d'Yvonne, si vous vous souvenez, j'ai fait pour Monsieur de Montague une concession amicale toute particulière et tout à fait en dehors de mon prix habituel qui est de 8000 francs pour une tête d'enfant, de femme ou d'homme. Voilà ce que je vous prie d'indiquer [...]" ["Dear Madam, You ask me the price of a portrait like that of Yvonne, if...
    €180
  47. Lettre autographe signée au sujet d'une oeuvre attribuée à Raphaël : l'Apollon et Marsyas
    CAROLUS-DURAN

    Lettre autographe signée au sujet d'une oeuvre attribuée à Raphaël : l'Apollon et Marsyas

    Rome [Rome] 17 janvier 1869|13.20 x 20.60 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic. One folded sheet.
    The artist discusses the forthcoming engraving of a famous painting with very controversial attribution: the Apollo and Marsyas, acquired in 1850 by English collector Morris Moore who maintained, despite the opinion of numerous curators, its attribution to Raphael. Exhibited in London, Paris, Vienna, Venice and Milan, it was finally acquired in 1883 by the Louvre museum for the sum of 200,000 francs. Its attribution is now given to Perugino.
    "Monsieur le directeur,
    Vous vous souvenez sans...
    €300
  48. Lettre autographe signée sur son portrait de jeune fille présenté au Salon
    CAROLUS-DURAN

    Lettre autographe signée sur son portrait de jeune fille présenté au Salon

    Paris 6 mai 1890|11.60 x 17.90 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic. One folded sheet.
    The artist gives his authorization to the famous journal L'Illustration to reproduce one of the portraits ("le portrait en gris de Melle XXX") ["the grey portrait of Miss XXX"] that he presented at the first Salon du Champ de Mars, in 1890. This painting received good reviews, notably in the Revue des Deux mondes: "[...] M. Carolus Duran est pourtant un portraitiste rare et supérieur par la sincérité qu'il apporte à rendre, dans tout son éclat et toute sa variété, la première et...
    €180
  49. Lettre autographe signée au chef du secrétariat des beaux-arts : Adolphe Saint Vincent Duvivier
    Francisque DURET

    Lettre autographe signée au chef du secrétariat des beaux-arts : Adolphe Saint Vincent Duvivier

    Paris s. d. [vers 1860]|10.40 x 13.10 cm|une feuille rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by sculptor Francisque Duret to Adolphe Saint Vincent Duvivier, head of the secretariat of the École impériale des beaux-arts.
    "J'ai retenu Paul Armand, modèle arabe pour ma quinzaine à l'école et je prie Monsieur Duvivier de lui donner les instructions nécessaires et de prendre son adresse [...]" ["I have retained Paul Armand, Arab model for my fortnight at the school and I ask Monsieur Duvivier to give him the necessary instructions and to take his address [...]"]
    €80
  50. "nous ne faisions pas mauvaise figure dans notre salle"
    Jules BRETON

    "nous ne faisions pas mauvaise figure dans notre salle"Autograph letter card signed to the painter William Bouguereau about the Salon

    Wissant s. d.|11.60 x 9 cm|une feuille
    Autograph signed postcard from painter Jules Breton to painter William Bouguereau regarding the loss of his son and his visit to the Salon des artistes indépendants: "[...] Quoique vieux jeunes tous les deux, j'ai remarqué samedi matin lors d'une première visite au Salon que nous ne faisions pas mauvaise figure dans notre salle. Et il ya 50 ans que nous y luttons. Ceux qui vivront dans 50 ans verront beaucoup de nos triomphateurs à bon marché. [...]" ["Though we are both old yet young, I noticed on Saturday morning during a first visit to the Salon that we did not cut a poor figure in our room. And we have been struggling there for 50 years. Those who live...
    €200
  51. "de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux"
    Georges CLAIRIN

    "de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux"Autograph letter signed at the Salon des artistes français

    s. d. [après 1880]|10.50 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the Orientalist painter Georges Clairin to a fellow painter, complaining about the harsh selection imposed by the Salon des artistes français, the official and obligatory gathering of French painting.
    "[...] jusqu'au 20 mars il y a à Paris beaucoup de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, qui s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux au palais des Champs Elysées, et que je suis assez bête pour envoyer deux tableaux cette année - je suis en retard et madame peinture ne me permet pas de me donner les plaisirs que m'offrent l'amitié. [...]" ["[...] until March 20th there are in Paris many unfortunate artists, of whom I am...
    €80
  52. "des farceurs de matelots chantent des choses émouvantes"
    Jacques-Émile BLANCHE

    "des farceurs de matelots chantent des choses émouvantes"Autograph letter signed on his stay in Dieppe

    15 juin 1890|11.50 x 17.70 cm|une feuille
    Long autograph letter signed by the painter Jacques-Emile Blanche from his childhood villa in Dieppe, Bas-Fort Blanc. He describes the atmosphere of Dieppe and evokes the popular songs of the sailors. 4 pages on a folded sheet.
    "J'ai essayé de prendre ce qu'on appelle du repos. J'avais un peu compté sur le grand spectacle de la mer : pour ne rien faire que lire un peu, mais mon âmes est décidément impropre à jouir des nobles aspects de la nature et je suis en train de constater une fois de plus mon peu de disposition pour le paysage. Le soir, quelques fois, des farceurs de matelots qui sont à la pêche, dans de petites barques, chantent des choses émouvantes...
    €250
  55. "Aujourd'hui on rit et demain on pleure, ainsi va la vie"
    Jules BRETON

    "Aujourd'hui on rit et demain on pleure, ainsi va la vie"Signed autograph letter

    1894|11.50 x 17.40 cm|une feuille
    Signed autograph letter from the painter Jules Breton, one folded sheet, a marginal tear. Academically trained, a realist then naturalist painter, Jules Breton was one of the first artists of the peasant world.
    The painter addresses a childhood friend of his daughter, the artist painter Virginie Demont-Breton: "Thank you for your kind letter of congratulations about Virginie's decoration, your former little companion who has kept such affectionate memories of you. I can still see you playing on the sand of Douarnenez during that horrible war [...] My wife [...] has just lost her youngest brother whom we loved tenderly. Today one laughs and tomorrow one cries, such...
    €150
  56. Le brouillard et le soleil (fable)
    Jules BRETON

    Le brouillard et le soleil (fable)Unpublished poem autograph signed

    s. d.|23 x 10.60 cm|une feuille
    Unpublished autograph manuscript signed by painter Jules Breton, titled Le brouillard et le soleil (fable). One leaf.
    Academically trained, first a realist then naturalist painter, Jules Breton was one of the first artists of the rural world and a poet member of the Parnasse, notably admired by Van Gogh.
    "Le Brouillard se vantait : "j'ai noyé le Soleil !
    "Victoire ! J'ai dissous sa triviale Vie !"
    - L'Astre sut ce malheur aussitôt son réveil.
    Tel l'art vrai se retrompe aux baves de l'Envie !
    Jules Breton    " [The Fog boasted: "I have drowned the Sun!
    "Victory! I have dissolved his trivial Life!"
    - The Star learned...
    €150
  58. "Le Louvre est vide. Ces messieurs ne parlent plus de politique mais ils grognent"
    Félix BRACQUEMOND

    "Le Louvre est vide. Ces messieurs ne parlent plus de politique mais ils grognent"Signed autograph letter

    21 juin 1901|20.80 x 13.70 cm|une carte
    Signed autograph letter from painter Félix Braquemond to a female recipient. Braquemond discusses a decorative arts commission that was apparently cancelled: "Le Louvre est vide. Ces messieurs ne parlent plus de politique mais ils grognent. Ils mettent Buzin [un ébéniste avec lequel il a collaboré] à la porte en lui disant : "entendez, les affaires vont mal, les affaires ne vont pas, le Louvre est vide... Dans ces conditions que voulez-vous que je fasse ? Rien n'est perdu, mais il est évident que pour la rentrée d'octobre tout est compromis. Faut-il commencer un demi-lit ? C'est à vous et à monsieur votre époux de décider. [...]" ["The Louvre is empty...
    €180
  59. "Votre remarquable publication sur les Académiciens"
    Jules BRETON

    "Votre remarquable publication sur les Académiciens"Signed autograph letter

    15 avril 1866|13.30 x 21 cm|une feuille
    Signed autograph letter from painter Jules Breton, congratulating a historian on his latest work, and requesting the sending of the second volume. One folded sheet.
    Academically trained, a realist then naturalist painter, Jules Breton was one of the first artists to depict the rural world.
    €150
  60. Lettre autographe signée
    Jean-Louis FORAIN

    Lettre autographe signée

    23 février 1914|9.70 x 12.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Jean-Louis Forain, returning theater tickets. One folded leaf.

    €80
  61. Lettre autographe signée
    G. MARQUET

    Lettre autographe signée

    14 mai 1893|11.20 x 17.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter G. Marquet, requesting the removal of one of his paintings from the Salon of the Société des amis des arts. One folded leaf.

    €50
  62. Lettre autographe signée pour croquer la classe de danse de l'Opéra
    Pierre CARRIER-BELLEUSE

    Lettre autographe signée pour croquer la classe de danse de l'Opéra

    20 octobre 1887|11.80 x 18 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, author of numerous portraits of Opera dancers. In this letter he asks the director for permission to attend lessons: "à la classe de danse de Melle Théodore. Je serais désireux de prendre quelques croquis pour un tableau que je désire faire pour le Salon prochain. Je ne dérangerai aucunement la leçon [...]" ["in Mlle Théodore's dance class. I would be eager to make some sketches for a painting I wish to create for the next Salon. I will not disturb the lesson in any way [...]"]. It was probably thanks to these visits to Mlle Théodore's class that his painting A la barre was born.
    €200
  63. Lettre autographe signée à propos d'une aquarelle
    Pierre CARRIER-BELLEUSE

    Lettre autographe signée à propos d'une aquarelle

    18 mai 1898|12.50 x 20.10 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, on a folded sheet: "[...] Très surmené en ce moment je n'ai pu m'occuper de la petite aquarelle que je vous ai promise pour l'édition artistique du Aventures de ma Ve [...].
    €80
  64. Lettre autographe signée à propos d'un pastel intitulé "Etude de Nu"
    Pierre CARRIER-BELLEUSE

    Lettre autographe signée à propos d'un pastel intitulé "Etude de Nu"

    20 mai 1899|13 x 20.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, on a folded sheet, to a potential buyer: "[...] un pastel emporté au Salon du Champs de Mars sur le n°1628 est encore à vendre et le dernier prix est de 3500 francs. [...] Je dois vous dire que la commission d'achats de la ville de Paris sur une première visite a retenu mon pastel et m'en a fait demander le prix [...]" ["[...] a pastel taken to the Salon du Champs de Mars under number 1628 is still for sale and the final price is 3500 francs. [...] I must tell you that the purchasing commission of the city of Paris, on a first visit, selected my pastel and asked me for the price [...]"]
    €120
  65. Lettre autographe signée et notice biographique autographe adressée à Jules Martin
    Louis Robert CARRIER-BELLEUSE

    Lettre autographe signée et notice biographique autographe adressée à Jules Martin

    19 juin 1895|11.70 x 18.30 cm|une feuille et une carte
    Autograph letter signed and autograph biographical notice addressed to a newspaper by the painter Louis Robert Carrier-Belleuse.
    "Monsieur, Je vous retourne la notice biographique demandée. Pour la photographie vous trouverez chez Benque et Pirou à votre choix. [...]" ["Sir, I am returning the requested biographical notice. For the photograph, you will find at Benque and Pirou a selection to choose from. [...]"]

    This letter and the accompanying notice are intended for Jules Martin for his work: Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs et dessinateurs. Portraits et biographies suivies d'une notice sur les Salons français depuis 1673, les Sociétés de...
    €300
  66. "Il faut battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud"
    Nicolas-Toussaint CHARLET

    "Il faut battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud"Signed autograph letter

    Paris 19 décembre 1859|13.40 x 20.60 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter specialized in Empire scenes Nicolas Toussaint Charlet to his publisher: "Avez vous eu l'obligeance de voir avec M. Bostein au sujet de mon traité c'est on ne peut plus urgent car il va falloir livrer. Vous savez combien il y a de raisons de traîner ces affaires ; donc il faut battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud. [...]" ["Have you had the kindness to see M. Bostein about my treatise, it is most urgent as we will have to deliver. You know how many reasons there are to drag out these affairs; therefore we must strike while the iron is hot. [...]"]
    €80
  67. Carte-lettre autographe signée au graveur Emile Boilvin sur son départ de la Société nationale des beaux-arts
    Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

    Autograph letter signed to engraver Emile Boilvin

    Paris 16 mars 1895|11.10 x 14 cm|une feuille

    Autograph letter card signed by the painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes to the engraver Emile Boilvin.
    The painter addresses a resigning member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, which Puvis de Chavannes had founded and was in charge of the Salon du Champ de Mars, a dissident event from the official Salon des artistes français: "Cher Monsieur Boilvin, c'est avec le plus vif regret que je vous vois vous séparer d'une société où vous ne comptiez que des admirateurs et des amis. Qu'il soit fait selon votre désir, mais encore une fois, votre démission nous cause à tous un réel chagrin. Cordialement, P. Puvis de Chavannes" ["Dear Mr. Boilvin, it is with the...

    €300
  68. "Il en faudrait au moins 4 bouteilles [de champagne]"
    Nicolas-Toussaint CHARLET

    "Il en faudrait au moins 4 bouteilles [de champagne]"Autograph letter signed to the Gihaut engravers

    Paris s. d.|12 x 18 cm|une feuille
    Amusing autograph letter signed by the engraver Nicolas Toussaint Charlet to the Gihaut brothers, engravers, inviting them to dinner and asking them to bring Champagne wine.
    "Charlet invite M.M. Gihaut frères, éditeurs de l'oeuvre de Géricault etc...
    à venir dîner dimanche avec lui, s'ils étaient hommes à envoyer dimanche matin quelques bouteilles de Champagne ou les acompterait.
    Nous serons 12. Il faudrait au moins 4 bouteilles
    Il compte sur eux il n'y a aucun moyen de refuser
    Salut et amitié
    Charlet"     ["Charlet invites MM. Gihaut brothers, publishers of Géricault's works etc...
    to come dine with him on Sunday, if they were...
    €180
  69. Lettre autographe au chancelier de la légion d'honneur sur son pseudonyme de peintre
    Paul DELAROCHE

    Lettre autographe au chancelier de la légion d'honneur sur son pseudonyme de peintre

    6 février 1843|20.50 x 25.20 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter to Count Etienne Maurice Gérard from the painter Paul Delaroche, one watermarked folded leaf.
    The painter, who received the Legion of Honor in 1828, sends his birth certificate to Count Gérard, then chancellor of the legion: "cet acte est fait au nom d'Hippolyte Delaroche, qui est le nom véritable de Mr Delaroche, celui de Paul étant un surnom d'enfance qu'il a conservé jusqu'à présent." ["this act is made in the name of Hippolyte Delaroche, which is Mr Delaroche's real name, Paul being a childhood nickname that he has kept until now."]
    €200
  70. Carte lettre autographe signée
    Virginie DEMONT-BRETON

    Carte lettre autographe signée

    s. d.|11.70 x 8.90 cm|une carte
    Autograph letter signed by the genre painter and woman of letters Virginie Demont-Breton, making an appointment for a photographic portrait.
    €80
  71. Les peintres témoins de leur temps, tome VIII : L'âge mécanique
    André LHOTE, Robert DOISNEAU

    Les peintres témoins de leur temps, tome VIII : L'âge mécanique

    Musée Galliera|Paris 1959|14 x 21.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on Stella coated paper, ours specially printed for Monsieur Gottraux.
    Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth spine very slightly browned.
    Photographs by Robert Doisneau.
    The work consists of the presentation of 97 painters and sculptors and 18 writers.
    Our copy includes, like the 160 deluxe copies, the original lithograph by André Lhote which he signed on the plate.
    €250
  72. Faire-part de décès de Fernand Léger adressé, sous enveloppe, au poète Charles Dobzynski
    Fernand LÉGER

    Faire-part de décès de Fernand Léger adressé, sous enveloppe, au poète Charles Dobzynski

    S. n.|s. l. 1955|14 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
    Rare death announcement for Fernand Léger, who passed away on August 17, 1955.
    The painter's family, the French Communist Party, the National Council of the Peace Movement and his friends joining in the grief of Fernand Léger's widow to invite those informed that the painter's funeral and burial will take place on Saturday August 20, 1955 in Gif-sur-Yvette.
    Envelope enclosed addressed to Charles Dobzynski probably written by Nadia Petrova Léger.




    €200
  73. Lettre autographe signée sur le plafond de Eugène Delacroix à la galerie d'Apollon du palais du Louvre
    Adrien de LONGPERIER (Eugène DELACROIX)

    Lettre autographe signée sur le plafond de Eugène Delacroix à la galerie d'Apollon du palais du Louvre

    13 septembre 1852|12.20 x 19 cm|une feuille
    Long autograph letter signed by the archaeologist and curator of antiquities at the Louvre Museum, Adrien de Longpérier, to a journalist, 4 pages on a folded sheet.
    In this fascinating letter about Eugène Delacroix, the curator of Egyptian antiquities Longpérier castigates a journalist, author of a harsh critique of the painter's ceiling at the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre: "mais quand il s'agit seulement d'un plafond, fait pour une galerie roccoco, quand du reste j'ai reconnu que cet ouvrage produit un excellent effet décoratif que le ton général est parfaitement adapté à la place et qu'outre cela le tableau contient un certain noombre de détails traités...
    €400
  74. Lettre autographe signée à un confrère peintre
    Édouard DETAILLE

    Lettre autographe signée à un confrère peintre

    s. d.|9.70 x 12.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter and illustrator Edouard Detaille, one folded sheet.
    "Thursday
    My old country gentleman,
    Do you know what should be done with these little panels that are lying around here and there, and that I see appearing from time to time? I'm going to tell you. You should simply sign them, next to my signature. That way the public will know what to expect; it will be an attraction for a collector, and I assure you that the sale will be guaranteed. This stroke of genius has just sprung up in my brain, and I throw this thought on paper, amazed myself by this late and original conception! Examples abound: the Lionnet brothers...
    €180
  75. 33 + 9 leituras plasticas de Fernando Pessoa
    Alfredo MARGARIDO (Fernando PESSOA)

    33 + 9 leituras plasticas de Fernando Pessoa

    Editoria da Unicamp|Porto 1988|16.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two small paint stains on the back cover made by the artist after completing his original watercolor.
    Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Alfredo Margarido.
    Autograph inscription signed, in French, from Alfredo Margarido to a couple who were his friends, enhanced with an original dreamlike watercolor signed and dated depicting a quadripartite window in which appear four portraits of Fernando Pessoa, the four faces following a rotational pattern; a bicephalous and bicolor bird resting on the top of the window; the original watercolor being titled "Les quatre Fernando Pessoa à la...
    €450
  76. Lettre autographe signée au ministre de la Guerre à propos du casque créé pour l'Infanterie française
    Édouard DETAILLE

    Lettre autographe signée au ministre de la Guerre à propos du casque créé pour l'Infanterie française

    s. d. [vers 1911]|12.80 x 17.10 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the military painter and illustrator Edouard Detaille to the Minister of War Adolphe Messimy, one folded sheet. The painter had been charged with renovating the French army uniform and delivers here a first version of the helmet, which would be reworked by Louis Adrian and used during the First World War.
    The painter presents a prototype of his helmet and requests that a few hundred be made: "J'ai l'honneur de vous adresse le casque que j'ai fait fabriquer pour l'infanterie, et dont l'adoption dès maintenant avait été décidée pour la batterie à cheval de la garnison de Paris. Je tiens absolument à la propriété de ce modèle, que j'ai...
    €300
  77. "ne pas se départir de la naïveté dans le dessin ce qui amène au sentiment intime dans le portrait"
    Charles CORDIER

    "ne pas se départir de la naïveté dans le dessin ce qui amène au sentiment intime dans le portrait"Autograph letter signed about the sculptures of the Théâtre du Vaudeville

    s. d. [vers 1867]|13.30 x 21.20 cm|une feuille
    Long autograph letter signed by sculptor Charles Cordier to a painter friend regarding the sculptures of the Vaudeville Theatre, built at the corner of Boulevard des Capucines and Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, from January 1867 to April 1, 1869, commissioned by the City of Paris.
    The majority of the sculptures and bas-reliefs had been entrusted to Emile Hébert, whose Italian cherubs were not to the taste of Charles Cordier, a great defender of French style: "Vaudeville should be represented by an adolescent receiving from artistic tradition the attributes of comedy, and what instead? Tiresome sculpture instead of creating French sculpture for a...
    €200
  78. Patience
    Michel BUTOR

    Patience

    Editions A.M. Métailié|Paris 1991|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned and foxed, adhesive paper marks at head and foot of endpapers.
    We include a postcard reproducing an ink and pastel by Michel Butor on which he wrote an autograph inscription dated and signed for Anne Sarraute.



    €80
  79. Le Yaouanc. Lithographies
    Alain LE YAOUANC, Louis ARAGON

    Le Yaouanc. Lithographies

    La pierre d'angle|Paris 1975|27 x 37 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats
    First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    Text by Louis Aragon in French followed by its English translation.
    Work illustrated with lithographs by Alain Le Yaouanc.
    Manuscript signatures by Alain Le Yaouanc and Louis Aragon at the colophon.
    Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its original lithograph by Alain Le Yaouanc, which he justified and signed.


    €800
  80. Lettre autographe signée de démission de la Société des artistes français
    Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

    Lettre autographe signée de démission de la Société des artistes français

    Paris 21 janvier 1890|12.30 x 16.70 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 10 lines on one sheet.
    The painter presents his resignation from the Société des artistes français, which he leaves with painter Ernest Meissonier with whom he founded the Salon du Champ de Mars, managed by the Société nationale des beaux-arts bringing together other dissidents from the official Salon des Champs-Elysées.

    "Monsieur le Président,
    J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer ma démission de membre du comité et celle de membre de la Société des artistes Français. Veuillez agréer avec mes plus sincères regrets, l'expression de mes sentiments de haute considération.
    P. Puvis de...
    €400
  81. "je vais faire mon possible pour vous envoyer aujourd'hui mon tableau"
    Théodore ROUSSEAU

    "je vais faire mon possible pour vous envoyer aujourd'hui mon tableau"Signed autograph letter

    s. d.|11.80 x 18.60 cm|une feuille

    Signed autograph letter by the painter Théodore Rousseau, one page on a folded sheet.

    “My dear Sir,

    I shall do my utmost to send you my painting today; by early tomorrow morning it will be fully framed, ready to hang. Believe me, if I kept you waiting, it was not out of vanity; I had a difficult task to complete in a limited time. until tomorrow morning, and thank you for all the kindness I have experienced from the administration. Yours entirely devoted,
    Th. Rousseau”

    €700
  82. Carte postale autographe signée autorisant la Gazette des beaux-arts à reproduire le tableau La Terrasse
    Pierre BONNARD

    Carte postale autographe signée autorisant la Gazette des beaux-arts à reproduire le tableau La Terrasse

    s. d. [circa 1912]|9 x 13.90 cm|une carte
    Autograph postcard signed by painter Pierre Bonnard authorizing the Gazette des beaux-arts to reproduce the painting La Terrasse. A postcard with letterhead of the Académie des beaux-arts.
    "J'autorise la Gazette des Beaux-Arts à photographier et à reproduire le tableau intitulé La Terrasse que j'expose au Salon d'Automne (n°191) (Signature :) Bonnard.
    Il doit y avoir des photographies chez Bernheim 25 boulevard de la Madeleine"     ["I authorize the Gazette des Beaux-Arts to photograph and reproduce the painting entitled La Terrasse that I am exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne (no.191) (Signature:) Bonnard.
    There should be...
    €800
  83. Hors oeuvre
    Abram KROL

    Hors oeuvre

    Editions Noël|Paris 1998|20 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Work illustrated with sketches by Victorine Séauve.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Abram Krol to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.
    €80
  84. Les mécanismes de fascination
    Robert LAPOUJADE

    Les mécanismes de fascination

    Seuil|Paris 1955|14 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy illustrated with reproductions of works by Robert Lapoujade.
    Fine dated and signed autograph inscription from Robert Lapoujade to Jean Bardet, co-founder of Editions du Seuil, expanded with an original drawing.
    €150
  85. Le Yaouanc
    Alain LE YAOUANC, Louis ARAGON

    Le Yaouanc

    La pierre d'angle|Paris 1979|24.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
    Fine copy despite small marginal tears on the dust jacket skillfully repaired with adhesive pieces.
    Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Alain Le Yaouanc.
    Our copy is enhanced with two signed autograph inscriptions by Alain Le Yaouanc, dated 1979 and 1993, to the poet Charles Dobzynski, embellished with two original drawings, one of which has suffered a tear that has undoubtedly removed the name of a previous dedicatee with a violence that leaves one wondering about the nature of this mysterious first recipient.
    The first endpaper also bears an...
    €1,800
  86. Pour le réalisme, un peintre s'interroge
    Roger SOMVILLE

    Pour le réalisme, un peintre s'interroge

    Roger Maria|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1970|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    first edition.
    Pleasant copy.
    Belnvoi autograph signed by Roger Somville to poet Charles Dobzynski on two pages: "... to a real poet and a real comrade ... who also seeks the light of the future ... this book full of" noise and fury "where I try to illuminate the battle of realism ... battle always restarted like that of life itself ... also" pear ", delicate in full pear of the jocrisses and soft" avant-garde ".. . !!! Very friendly. Roger Somville. February 1971 ".
    €100
  87. "Mon exil est comme voisin de son tombeau, et je vois distinctement sa grande âme hors de ce monde"
    Victor HUGO, Adèle HUGO

    "Mon exil est comme voisin de son tombeau, et je vois distinctement sa grande âme hors de ce monde"Autograph letter signed to the widow of the sculptor David d'Angers

    Hauteville House [Hauteville House] 11 et 13 mai 1856|14 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Victor Hugo dated 13 May 1856 following an unpublished letter from Madame Victor Hugo to Madame David d'Angers dated 11 May. 4 pages on a folded sheet with watermark "Barbet Smith Street Guernesey".
    Published in Correspondance de Victor Hugo, Paris, year 1856, p. 246
    In this letter imbued with the apparitions and specters that haunt the recently published Contemplations, Victor Hugo addresses the widow of his great friend the sculptor David d'Angers, fervent republican and artist...
    €7,500
  88. Salvador Dali. Rétrospective 1920-1980
    COLLECTIF

    Salvador Dali. Rétrospective 1920-1980

    Musée d'art moderne centre Georges Pompidou|Paris 1979|21 x 30 cm|broché
    First edition of the exhibition catalogue held from December 18, 1979 to April 14, 1980 at the Centre Georges Pompidou.
    Handsome copy.
    Rich iconography.

    €80
  90. Picasso avant Picasso
    Alexandre CIRICI-PELLICER

    Picasso avant Picasso

    Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1950|18.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's soft paper boards, retaining the illustrated dust jacket which has two stains and small tears at head and foot of spine.
    Iconography.

    €50
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