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  1. [LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des heures de la Vierge à l'usage de Rome/Dié(?)

    [LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des heures de la Vierge à l'usage de Rome/Dié(?)

    fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin

    Recto verso fragments of a manuscript Book of Hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production of Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.



    Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: the border is divided into bands decorated with floral motifs and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubriques.
    The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of Hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a social claim...

    €800
  2. [LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des suffrages

    [LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des suffrages

    fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin

    Recto verso fragments of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production from Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.



    Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: border divided into bands and lozenges decorated with floral motifs, fruits and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue, line fillers and rubrics.
    The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious...

    €800
  3. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Théodore Gudin
    Jean Antoine Théodore Baron GUDIN, Étienne CARJAT

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Théodore Gudin

    Carjat et Cie|Paris 1870 (S.d. ca)|6 x 10.50 cm|une photographie
    Original albumen photograph, carte-de-visite format, mounted on cardboard by Carjat & cie, with their mark on the verso. Below the photograph: Legé et Bergeron, who partnered with Carjat and worked between 1868 and 1873.
    Full-length portrait of Baron Gudin in formal dress.
    Manuscript annotation on verso.




    €600
  4. Portrait photographique du peintre anglais John Everet Millais
    John Everett MILLAIS

    Portrait photographique du peintre anglais John Everet Millais[PHOTOGRAPH] Photographic portrait of the English painter John Everet MILLAIS

    John & Charles Watkins|London s. d. [1865]|6.50 x 9.60 cm|une photographie
    [PHOTOGRAPH] Photographic portrait of the English painter John Everet MILLAIS
    John & Charles Watkins, London 1865 (n.d., but circa), 6.5 x 9.6 cm, photograph
    Original photograph on albumin paper showing the painter John Everet Millais in visiting card format, laid down on card from the studio of John & Charles Watkins, marked on reverse.
    Pencil annotation to verso.
    A standing portrait with top hat.
    €800
  5. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré
    Gustave DORÉ, Pierre PETIT

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré

    Pierre Petit|Paris 1860 (Ca)|5.80 x 10.30 cm|une photographie
    Original albumen photograph in carte-de-visite format, mounted on Pierre Petit cardboard mount, with his mark on the reverse.
    Full-length portrait of Gustave Doré, dressed in white, around age 30, with mustache. Very rare photograph of the painter in his youth.
    Manuscript annotation on the reverse.
    The Musée d'Orsay holds a photograph of Doré by Pierre Petit from the same period but the artist wears a black velvet waistcoat, a black coat, hands in pockets.





    €1,500
  6. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Jean-Léon Gérôme dédicacé
    Jean-Léon GÉRÔME, Charles GALLOT

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Jean-Léon Gérôme dédicacéExtremely rare original albumen carbinet card photograph of painter Jean-Leon Gerome.

    Alphonse Giroux|Paris 1880|10.50 x 16.20 cm|une photographie
    Extremely rare original albumen photograph, cabinet card format, mounted on cardboard, depicting Jean-Léon Gérôme.
    Dedication to Henry Graves in black ink with the signature JL Gérôme. Henry Graves was an American banker, collector and president of Patek Philippe and responsible for the Supercomplication, one of the most complex watches ever created. He purchased several works from Gérôme, notably A Sultan at Prayer.
    Caption beneath the photograph: Photographed by Charles Gallot. On verso, advertisement: Photographie artisitique, Charles Gallot, photographe des gens de lettres.
    Charles Gallot was a French photographer. Active in Paris from 1876 to 1898, he is notably credited...
    €1,200
  8. 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
  9. 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
  12. 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
  13. "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
  14. "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
  15. "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
  16. 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
  19. 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
  20. "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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. "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
  24. "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
  25. "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
  26. 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
  28. 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
  29. "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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. "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
  34. "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
  35. "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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. Portrait photographique de Gustave Courbet
    Gustave COURBET

    Portrait photographique de Gustave Courbet

    Carjat|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|6.50 x 10.40 cm|une photographie
    Rare original photograph on albumen paper, in carte de visite format, mounted on a board, depicting Gustave Courbet.
    Handwritten annotations on the back.
    We have been able to find only one other copy of this photograph at the New York International Center of Photography.
    €1,600
  40. 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
  41. "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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. "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
  45. "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
  46. "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
  49. "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
  50. 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
  52. "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
  53. "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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. "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
  57. 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
  58. "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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. Blanc de scalp
    Vladimir VELICKOVIC, André VELTER

    Blanc de scalp

    Christian Bourgois|Paris 1974|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with drawings by Vladimir Velickovic.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed and inscribed by André Velter to Charles Dobzynski "... de la pratique du scalp : un poème à blanc." ["... on the practice of scalping: a poem in white."] enriched with the manuscript signature of Vladimir Velickovic.
    €80
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. Lettre autographe signée à propos d'un portrait
    Alexandre CABANEL

    Lettre autographe signée à propos d'un portrait

    6 novembre 1888|10 x 15.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by the painter Alexandre Cabanel regarding one of his last portraits. Letter with letterhead from 14 rue Alfred de Vigny, one folded sheet.
    "Lundi 6 9bre
    €180
  70. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré
    (Gustave DORÉ) [NADAR] Félix Tournachon dit NADAR

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré[PHOTOGRAPHY] Photographic portrait of Gustave Doré]

    Nadar|Paris s. d. [1867]|6.60 x 10.40 cm|une photographie
    Nadar, Paris N.D. (but 1867), 6,6x10.4 cm, photograph

    Original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting card format, laid down on card by Nadar, initialed and with a red border.
    Doré poses with his arm on a fringed chair, the same as in the portraits of Théophile Gautier, Edouard Manet and Alexandre Dumas.
    Manuscript annotation to verso.
    We have not been able to find any copies of this photograph in any of the international public collections.
    €1,200
  71. Télégramme autographe signé à Edouard Corroyer
    Gustave MOREAU

    Télégramme autographe signé à Edouard Corroyer

    15 juin 1887|11.10 x 13 cm|une feuille
    Autograph signed telegram from painter Gustave Moreau to architect Edouard Corroyer, also a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
    "Cher et honoré Confrère, Je suis bien sensible à votre si admirable et si gracieuse attention et je vous en remercie de tout coeur. Croyez à tous mes sentiments les meilleurs et les plus affectueux.
    Gustave Moreau
    Samedi matin 7 heures"     ["Dear and honored Colleague, I am very touched by your admirable and gracious attention and thank you with all my heart. Please believe in all my best and most affectionate sentiments.
    Gustave Moreau
    Saturday morning 7 o'clock"]
    €400
  72. "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
  73. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  80. 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
  81. Livres, suites, estampes gravés au burin 1958-1978
    Abram KROL

    Livres, suites, estampes gravés au burin 1958-1978

    A. Krol|Paris 1992|21 x 30 cm|broché
    first edition on current paper.
    Illustrated book of numerous reproductions of engraved works by Abram Krol.
    Preface by Dominique Daguet.
    Iconography.
    Autograph dated and signed by Abram Krol to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... two decades of a copper plowman, friendly."
    €80
  82. 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
  83. Paul Delvaux l'essence de la peinture
    Marcel PAQUET, Claude GARACHE

    Paul Delvaux l'essence de la peinture

    Editions de la Différence|Paris 1982|20 x 27 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui plastifié
    First edition.
    Complete with its plastic slipcase which has some small losses.
    Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Paul Delvaux.

    €40
  84. Du cubisme au classicisme
    Gino SEVERINI

    Du cubisme au classicisme

    J. Povolozky & Cie|Paris 1921|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of sixth edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
    Illustrated, handsome copy complete with its wraparound band.
    €70
  85. Hebdomeros
    Giorgio DE CHIRICO

    Hebdomeros

    Editions du Carrefour • Collection Bifur|Paris 1929|13 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
    Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.
    €230
  87. Rey-Millet
    René ÉTIEMBLE

    Rey-Millet

    Gallimard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of the numbered copies.
    Publisher's binding in full black canvas, smooth back, first board illustrated with a reproduction of a work by Guy Rey-Millet
    Beautiful complete copy of his rhodoïd which includes three marginal losses, illustrated work of reproductions of works of Guy Rey-Millet.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble: "For André Breton, with a sure eye, with faithful admiration, and the memory of Etiemble".
    €200
  88. The works of William Hogarth ; in a series of one hundred engravings and fifty by the first artists
    John TRUSLER, William HOGARTH

    The works of William Hogarth ; in a series of one hundred engravings and fifty by the first artists

    The London printing and publishing company|London • And New-York [New York] 1844 (S.d.)|22 x 28 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
    First edition illustrated with 2 engraved titles by J. Moore, a frontispiece portrait and 150 plates on vellum. Several engravers and numerous unsigned plates: Engleheart, Armstrong, Adlard, Davenport, Chevalier, Chavanne...
    Publisher's binding in full brown shagreen. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons framed by blind tooling, roulettes at head and foot and on the raised bands. Large decorative panel composed of foliage and geometric ornaments on the boards with a large central cartouche, Hogarth's name in gold on the upper board, in blind on the lower board. Edges gilt. Very fresh copy, with its tissue guards, with occasional rare small worming. Some traces of...
    €1,200
  89. Journal
    Paul KLEE

    Journal

    Grasset|Paris 1959|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Pierre Klossowski, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite slight loss of blue on the first cover.

    €500
  90. Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier
    André MASSON

    Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier

    Julliard|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies on the same paper.
    Preface by Georges Limbour, work illustrated with 8 hors-texte drawings by André Masson.
    Handsome copy.

    €180
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