Carte postale autographe signée envoyée depuis Nouméa et adressée à Emile Mignard

War pirogue. Handwritten signed postcard sent from Nouméa and addressed to Émile MignardHandwritten signed postcard from Victor Segalen, sent from Nouméa and addressed to émile Mignard. A few lines written in black ink in the corner of the black and white photographic reproduction of a war pirogue in the Solomon Islands, handwritten address on the verso. Some minor stains and folding.

“Nouméa 15 juin 1904, Affect.mt. Victor Seg.” (“Nouméa 15 June 1904, Affect.ly, Victor Seg.”)

In 1904, Segalen took advantage of a short stay in Nouméa to continue the writing of Les Immémoriaux, a novel denouncing the agony of the Maori civilization decimated by the European presence, which was published under the pseudonym Max-Anély in 1907.