Original drawings, signed books and manuscripts by Carlo Rim

Original blue ink drawing by Carlo Rim depicting his friend Antonin Artaud in profile.
The drawing, likely preparatory, was executed on tracing paper.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, notably the author of "Ma belle Marseille", as well as a caricaturist and filmmaker. He was a close friend of Fernandel, Raimu, and Marcel Pagnol, as well as of Max Jacob and André Salmon, whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing monogrammed and executed in black ballpoint pen by Carlo Rim depicting Paul Carbone, known as Venture, with clenched jaw and wearing dark glasses.
The ruled drawing, in blue pencil, is signed in black felt-tip pen Carlo Rim and is captioned "Paul Carbone dit Venture" in pencil.
It also bears these indications in red and mauve felt-tip pens: 122 bis and page 123. The manuscript notation "dessin de Carlo Rim" has been masked with correction fluid.
Paul Carbone, famous Corsican bandit and godfather of the Marseille underworld, was the first to connect organized crime with the world of politics.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of

Two original drawings in blue, red felt-tip pen representing the face of his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon from two profile angles, both sketching a sad pout.
The drawing on the recto is signed in black felt-tip pen: "Carlo Rim" and is captioned "A. Salmon. Sanary August 1967."
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black ballpoint pen and heightened with black felt-tip pen on tracing paper by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Max Jacob slightly in profile and sketching a discreet smile.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
Small tears and creases to the margins of the sheet.
The drawing is signed and dated "Carlo Rim 1937" in ballpoint pen in the lower right corner of the drawing.

Original drawing in blue ink, signed by Carlo Rim depicting a female silhouette in blue dots whose body, underlined in orange felt-tip pen, forms a lamp.
The drawing, titled Lampe-mère 1900, is inscribed by Carlo Rim to a friend named Monique in the lower left corner of the sheet.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting Paul Carbone, known as Venture, with clenched jaws and wearing dark glasses.
The ruled drawing, in blue pencil, is signed in black felt-tip pen Carlo Rim and is captioned "Paul Carbone dit Venture, in pencil.
It also bears these indications in red ballpoint pen: La messe aux Invalides (Tino Rossi) enterrement de Carbone 1943 (voir les Lettres françaises", finally, measurement indications, in blue pencil, enrich the drawing in its right margin.
Paul Carbone, famous Corsican bandit and grand boss of the Marseille underworld was the first to connect organized crime with the political world./

Two original drawings in black felt-tip pen depicting the face of his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon from two angles: one in profile and the other face-on, both sketching a sad pout.
The drawing, executed on tracing paper, is signed in black felt-tip pen: "Carlo Rim".
A small tear and light creases in the margins of the fragile sheet of tracing paper.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with red and gold felt-tip pens depicting aviator Edouard Corniglion-Molinier in profile, head turned to the right and proudly wearing his decoration.
The signed drawing on the right bears this legend in blue felt-tip pen: "Corniglion-Molinier".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original humorous comic strip created with black felt-tip pen illustrating Monsieur Virgule burning the books from his library and throwing his brain into the ashes in order to have a light mind to read the adventures of Rocambole.
Central fold.
Monsieur Virgule is the creation of Carlo Rim for "Les nouvelles littéraires" in the 1930s then for "Les Lettres françaises" after 1945.
Manuscript indications by Carlo Rim in red pencil on the verso of the strip.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and A

Original drawing in blue ink, on tracing paper, by Carlo Rim depicting his friend Antonin Artaud in profile.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in blue ink heightened with red and orange felt-tip pens, by Carlo Rim depicting Jacques Audiberti from the front with a scowling expression.
The drawing is captioned in green felt-tip pen "Audiberti" and includes, in the upper left margin, a sketch of Audiberti's chin.
The verso of the drawing has two portrait sketches, one of which appears to depict his friend Louis Jouvet.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in pencil heightened with black, yellow and orange red felt-tip pens by Carlo Rim depicting Mistinguett in profile, hands crossed over her belly.
On the verso, a sketch of a portrait of Carlo Rim's close friend Antonin Artaud has been executed with blue ink stains; above, the names of the following celebrities have been inscribed in pencil: "Simenon - Jeanson - Pagnol - Achard - Anouilh - Jos. Baker.", all framed by blue pen scribbles.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon w

Original drawing in black felt-tip pen depicting the man of letters and screenwriter Henri Jeanson, the head was drawn on a piece of tracing paper which was added to the drawing.
The drawing monogrammed in black pen is captioned in the right margin in pencil: Henri Jeanson.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Two original drawings in black pen signed and captioned in black and red felt-tip pen "Fernand Trignol Joinville 1935. Page 134" depicting the actor Fernand Trignol.
In the first drawing Fernand Trignol is shown in profile wearing a checkered cap; in the second, he displays a good-natured expression with his arms crossed.
Fernand Trignol was also a specialist in slang to the extent of being the "Langue verte" advisor for several directors such as Jacques Tourneur, Sacha Guitry in "Les mémoires d'un tricheur", Claude Autant-Lara in "Fric-Frac" and Jacques Becker in "Casque d'or".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of

Original humorous comic strip executed in black felt-tip pen and heightened with white correction fluid, illustrating Monsieur Virgule pursuing a writer strolling among the bouquinistes of the Seine quays in order to obtain an autograph from him, a dedication which he hastens to show to his friends.
Central fold.
Monsieur Virgule is the creation of Carlo Rim for "Les nouvelles littéraires" in the 1930s then for "Les Lettres françaises" after 1945.
Manuscript annotations by Carlo Rim in black felt-tip pen and red pencil on the verso of the strip.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker

Humorous original comic strip executed in black felt-tip pen illustrating Monsieur Virgule intrigued before a mirror reflecting back a cubist image of himself, then indulging in capers to finally be replaced in reality by his reflection.
Central fold.
Monsieur Virgule is the creation of Carlo Rim for "Les nouvelles littéraires" in the 1930s then for "Les lettres françaises" after 1945.
Manuscript notes by Carlo Rim in pencil and red pencil on the verso of the strip.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob an

Humorous original comic strip drawn in black felt-tip pen illustrating Monsieur Virgule visiting a prostitute so that she might read him some works by Jean-Paul Sartre, Monsieur Virgule then rushing to the urologist suffering from a venereal disease despite these chaste readings.
Central fold.
Monsieur Virgule was Carlo Rim's creation for "Les nouvelles littéraires" in the 1930s and later for "Les Lettres françaises" after 1945.
Manuscript notes by Carlo Rim in pencil and red pencil on the verso of the strip.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raim

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen heightened with watercolor dated and signed by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Raimu on his deathbed at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
The drawing is captioned and signed in blue ink "20 sept. 1946 Carlo Rim" and "hôpital américain" in black felt-tip pen, with a mention "2me volume" inscribed in red felt-tip pen in the lower left corner of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen and heightened in red pencil, by Carlo Rim depicting the portly theater man André Antoine, with a red scarf tied around his neck and a cigarette on his lips.
The drawing, captioned in black felt-tip pen "André Antoine", was made on the verso of a sheet containing typewritten text and mounted on cardboard.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black pencil by Carlo Rim depicting Maurice Martin du Gard with a discreet smile.
The drawing, captioned in blue pencil "M M du G", was executed on tracing paper.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original humorous comic strip drawn in black felt-tip pen, heightened with white correction fluid, depicting Monsieur Virgule with a well-rounded belly after reading all the volumes forming "Les hommes de bonne volonté" by Jules Romains.
Monsieur Virgule is the creation of Carlo Rim for "Les nouvelles littéraires" in the 1930s and later for "Lettres françaises" after 1945.
Manuscript indications by Carlo Rim in blue pencil on the verso of the strip, one central fold.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol b

Original drawing, on tracing paper, signed by Carlo Rim in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with pencil, depicting his friend the composer Vincent Scotto, with a slightly sullen expression and muffled in a scarf.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in pencil heightened with black felt-tip pen depicting in profile his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon with the sleeves of his turtleneck sweater rolled up.
The drawing was made on tracing paper and mounted on a sheet, the drawing is captioned in red felt-tip pen: "André Salmon".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing dated and signed in black felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting Paul Carbone, known as Venture, sketching a strained smile and wearing dark glasses.
The drawing is signed in black felt-tip pen Carlo Rim and is captioned "Paul Carbone (dit Venture), Carbone 1934.
Paul Carbone, famous Corsican bandit and grand patriarch of the Marseille underworld, was the first to connect organized crime and the political world.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in pencil heightened with black felt-tip pen on watermarked paper by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Max Jacob slightly in profile and sketching a discreet smile.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in blue pen heightened with black and green pencils by Carlo Rim depicting Albert Willemetz, looking placid and smoking a cigarette, with the Rosette of the Legion of Honor pinned to the lapel of his jacket.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Humorous original multicolored drawing executed in colored pencils and addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim representing the latter in a coffin and receiving the homage of the French nation, an official solemnly pronouncing: "Il aimait trop les rébus" ["He loved puzzles too much"].
The drawing is on letterhead from Henry-Paul Gassier's Marseilles address, with folding trace inherent to postal mailing.
Epistolarily testing Carlo Rim's lively wit, Henry-Paul Gassier enjoyed corresponding in the form of puzzles with his friend and fellow caricaturist.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmake

Original sketches in black ballpoint pen and pencil by Carlo Rim depicting four portraits of Jean Cocteau in slight profile.
One drawing is heightened with green felt-tip pen, another with black pen; two drawings being on the recto of the tracing paper sheet, the other two on the verso.
Pencil annotations by Carlo Rim: "Voir portrait souvenir" and twice the mention "bon".
A small hole in the upper left corner of the tracing paper and a red felt-tip scribble at the foot of the sheet.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol

Original drawing in blue and black felt-tip pens and heightened with black ink by Carlo Rim representing Robert Lamoureux in profile, smiling with crossed hands.
The drawing is captioned in pencil "Robert Lamoureux" in the upper right corner of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black ballpoint pen, monogrammed in black ballpoint pen "CR", and dated and captioned in pencil "André Salmon (twice) 1956" depicting in profile and with a pipe screwed to his lips, his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon.
The drawing was made on tracing paper and pasted onto a sheet.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original ink drawing inscribed in pencil "Jules Supervielle" depicting Jules Supervielle in bust and profile with his right hand raised.
The drawing is signed Carlo Rim in the lower right corner.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black ink heightened with white corrector fluid captioned in pencil "Saturnin Fabre" representing the actor Saturnin Fabre in bust and profile.
A mention "Vol II" in red felt-tip pen in the lower right margin of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black pencil heightened with blue ballpoint pen and white correction fluid, signed Carlo Rim in blue ballpoint pen and captioned in pencil "Léo Larguier" depicting Léo Larguier in bust and profile.
A manuscript note in red ballpoint pen on page 18 (or 64) below the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in blue ballpoint pen heightened with black pencil signed by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Raimu on his deathbed at the American Hospital of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
The drawing is captioned and signed in blue ink "20 sept. 1946 Carlo Rim" and "hôpital américain" in black felt-tip pen (the last three letters having smudged).
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Two original drawings in black felt-tip pen, the second heightened with red felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting the actor and theater man Lugné-Poe in profile wearing a bow tie.
The drawings are captioned in black and red felt-tip pen Lugne-Poe, the drawing is signed Carlo Rim in black felt-tip pen.
Two manuscript notations by Carlo Rim on the verso of the drawing "bon" and " le crâne plus plat".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original ink drawing in blue ink, signed in black felt pen and captioned "Carlo Rim Cuenca 1964", heightened with blue, red and green pencils by Carlo Rim depicting Sancho Panza dozing on his donkey Rucio trotting along.
The drawing is also captioned in the lower right margin in blue ink "Sancho".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black felt-tip pen and heightened with orange and green felt-tip pens, captioned in black felt-tip pen "André Salmon La Hune 1968 Carlo Rim" representing in bust with his head turned to the left, seated in an armchair, his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon of Christ-like thinness.
The drawing on tracing paper is slightly creased at the head.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black felt-tip pen, lightly heightened with white correction fluid, captioned in black felt-tip pen "René Clair Carlo Rim" depicting in profile with his head turned to the right his friend the filmmaker René Clair, hands in his pockets.
The drawing on tracing paper is captioned a second time in pink felt-tip pen "René Clair".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original pencil drawing on paper heightened with black ink, signed by Carlo Rim, depicting Jacques Audiberti in frontal view.
The drawing, captioned twice "Audiberti 1959" (on verso in green marker), was executed on tracing paper.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with red felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting filmmaker Jean Renoir in bust, head turned to the left.
The drawing is captioned in black felt-tip pen Jean Renoir on a sheet of tracing paper folded in half.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original signed drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with white correction fluid by Carlo Rim depicting Paul Claudel in bust portrait.
The drawing monogrammed "CR" in blue felt-tip pen is captioned in red felt-tip pen "Paul Claudel".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Two original drawings in blue ballpoint pen both captioned "Charles Laughton" representing in the first drawing, bust and full-length, the cinema man walking with a determined step; in the second, younger and less corpulent, the face in close-up with a cigarette on his lips.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in blue ballpoint pen signed in turquoise felt-tip and captioned in pencil "Trignol" depicting the actor Fernand Trignol standing, with a good-natured air and arms crossed.
Fernand Trignol was also a specialist in slang to the point of being the "Langue verte" consultant for several directors such as Jacques Tourneur, Sacha Guitry in "Les mémoires d'un tricheur", Claude Autant-Lara in "Fric-Frac" and Jacques Becker in "Casque d'or".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max

Original drawing on tracing paper in blue ballpoint pen captioned "Marcel L''Herbier" in pencil, depicting the filmmaker in bust portrait.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing on tracing paper in blue ballpoint pen captioned "Max Linder au tennis" in pencil, depicting the actor and director Max Linder hopping about, using a tennis racket like a mandolin.
The drawing is ruled in blue pencil and includes annotations by Carlo Rim regarding dimensions, the latter having added a piece from another sheet which he glued to the lower right margin of the drawing and which bears his name.
Finally, a printed stamp from France-Soir appears below the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as wel

Original drawing in black ballpoint pen, monogrammed in black ballpoint pen "CR", dated and captioned in red felt-tip pen "Léo Larguier 1950" depicting Léo Larguier in bust and profile.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black ballpoint pen, monogrammed in black ballpoint pen "CR", and dated and captioned in green felt-tip pen "André Salmon Sanary 1969" depicting in bust and with his head turned to the left, his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon with his Christ-like thinness.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing heightened with black, green, red and blue felt-tip pens, captioned in blue felt-tip pen "Le grenier d'Arlequin" and in red "Maquette couverture du livre" representing a harlequin seated on a stool and working at his writing table, a black and red owl at his feet.
This cover design project for the book was not retained but strongly inspired the cover finally illustrated with a harlequin posing standing slightly leaning backwards.
The verso of the drawing contains annotations in blue felt-tip pen and an original portrait of Georges Simenon with pipe in mouth.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Ma

Original drawing sketch in black felt-tip pen heightened with red felt-tip pen representing a bust portrait with head slightly tilted of the poet and writer Léon-Paul Fargue with a cigarette in his lips.
Numerous indications in black and blue felt-tip pens by Carlo Rim frame the drawing : L.P. Fargue / Revoir la bouche / Plus plat le crâne / Regard chinois." et voir L.P.F. par Beucler "Dimanche avec L.P. Fargue".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip by Carlo Rim depicting Robert Lamoureux smiling in profile.
The drawing is captioned in pencil Robert Lamoureux.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen and heightened with blue pencil and pink pastel, by Carlo Rim depicting his friend Tristan Bernard on his deathbed.
A pinhole in the lower left corner of the sheet and some small marginal tears of no consequence.
The drawing is captioned in blue felt-tip pen "Carlo Rim. Tristan Bernard 7 dec. 1947".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen and lightly heightened with white correction fluid by Carlo Rim depicting Jean Cocteau in profile.
The drawing, on tracing paper mounted on a sheet of paper, is captioned in red felt-tip pen "Jean Cocteau" and in black felt-tip pen "Carlo Rim 1957".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen and extensively heightened in red and green felt-tip pens by Carlo Rim depicting Sancho Panza and Don Quixote.
The drawing is captioned in black felt-tip pen "Carlo Rim Cuenca 1964".
In the foreground and abundantly heightened in red and green felt-tip pens, the good-natured Sancho Panza is represented perched on his donkey Rucio; in the background, the emaciated Don Quixote appears twice in the drawing: once in profile and heightened in red, once facing forward heightened in red and green.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably t

Original drawing signed in black ink by Carlo Rim depicting his friend Roger Martin du Gard, slightly in profile with a pipe in his right hand.
The drawing is signed with red ballpoint pen and captioned and dated in pencil "Roger Martin du Gard 1933", two spots of white gouache frame the drawing at the level of the pipe and a fold in the writer's right arm.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen on tracing paper by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Max Jacob slightly in profile and sketching a discreet smile.
The drawing on tracing paper is mounted on a sheet of paper and is monogrammed and inscribed in black felt-tip pen "Max J. 1937", Carlo Rim has inscribed in pencil "Max Jacob" at the foot of the second sheet.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with ochre and green felt-tip pens by Carlo Rim depicting the actor and theater man Lugné-Poe.
In black felt-tip pen, Lugné-Poe's name is erroneously spelled Lugné-Poé.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original drawing in black ballpoint pen heightened with white gouache to emphasize the cheekbones, eye and eyebrows, by Carlo Rim depicting Raimu, the emblematic Marseilles actor, slightly in profile, in suit and polka-dot bow tie, posing proudly.
The drawing bears this legend in pencil and the monogrammed signature of Carlo Rim: "Raimu" in the lower left and right margins of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

Original caricature, on tracing paper, dated and captioned "Scotto Nov.1947" in black felt-tip pen in upper right corner, by Carlo Rim executed in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with blue and red pencils and graphite pencil depicting his friend the composer Vincent Scotto, slightly scowling and wrapped in a scarf.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.