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PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)
Autograph letter signed " Picasso " to Max Pellequer[Château de] Vauvenargues, " 13.[0]5.[19]59 ", 1 p. in-4°
Picasso writes to his friend and advisor Max Pellequer about a financial project

" Mon cher Max. Je vous envoie le chèque pour le percepteur du 6e At (70.000) [probably for his apartment at 7, rue des Grands Augustins in the 6th arrondissement] dans cette lettre. Je vous écrirai bientôt pour notre et votre projet de banque ici et à Cannes. [Jaime] Sabartés est parti et est déjà à Paris. Il vous verra dès que vous serez rentré. Milles amitiés de nous deux pour vous deux.Je vous embrasse. Picasso "

A banker and shrewd art lover, Max Pellequer amassed a considerable collection of modernist works in the 1920s. In 1920, he married Francine Level, niece of the merchant and businessman André Level. It was through the latter that he met Picasso in 1914. This meeting marked the genesis of an unbreakable friendship between the two men. Pellequer became one of… Read More

ARTAUD, Antonin (1896-1948)
Autograph letter signed "Antonin Artaud" to his sister Marie-Ange Malausséna
Espalion, 11th April 1946, 4 pages in-8
Usual fold marks, some tiny spots
Poignant letter by Artaud and reflecting his deep addiction to drugs


"Ma chère Marie Ange, ne vous étonnez pas de ce que je vous ai demandé : Je vous répète que j'ai subi à Saint[e] Anne en mars 1938 dans le service du docteur Nollet un empoisonnement à l'acide prussique qui m'a laissé une terrible suffocation pulmonaire et cardiaque et quelque chose comme une carie des tissus. Cela explique mes étouffements, rhumatismes et points de côté, ensuite je n'y vois presque plus et j'ai été obligé de me faire lire votre dernière lettre par quelqu'un.
Le remède eut été de l'héroïne à hautes doses. L'héroïne à hautes doses ne provoque pas de toxicomanies quand elle est de bonne qualité. J'ai étudié tout cela et je sais sur toutes ces choses par expérience des choses que les médecins moisis dans leur… Read More

HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)
Draft of an autograph poem
N.p.n.d [Guernsey, 1859], 1 p. in-8° (140 x 145 cm
Tiny ink corrosion, spots
Precious draft of a satiric poem openly against Napoleon III, published in Les Nouveaux Châtiments


" Tu n'échapperas point. Fais ce que tu voudras.
Fais-toi, dans le prétoire et dans la sacristie.
Chanter un Te Deum en guise d'amnistie
Par Troplong courtisane et Sibour courtisan
Chache-toi sous les Oui du pauvre paysan
Qui ne sait que le soc, la bêche et la faucille.
Qu'importe O traître ! à bout portant mon livre te fusille !
La vérité sinistre ouvre son feu roulant ;
L'histoire montre ton nom noir, plus croulant, plus sanglant.
Plus hideux, plus criblé que le mur de Grenelle ;
Nous mettons devant toi le siège, va, crénélé
Ton empire caverne, ô l'empereur bandit !
Ferme ta forteresse et reprends toi, c'est dit,
Nous l'allons écraser de nos vers projectiles.
Fais en d'abord sortir les bouches inutiles,
Veuillot, Jacquot, Nisard, tous ces bavard… Read More

GENET, Jean (1910-1986)
Fragment of an autograph poem
N.p.n.d [Paris, prison de la Santé – 1943], 1/4 p. in4°
Slightly frayed left margin
Precious first draft fragment of a poem composed in Prison and attached to "La Parade", unpublished in its manuscript version


Canaille oserez-vous me mordre une autre fois ?
Retenez que je suis le page du Monarque.
Vous roulez sous ma main comme un flot sous ma barque.
Votre houle me gonfle, ô ma caille des bois.
ma caille emmitouflée écrasée sous mes doigts.


Genet's versified work translates into six long pieces collected in a 1948 collection soberly titled Poèmes.
By far the most composite of the poems published in the volume, and the last one that summons the prison universe, "La Parade" (whose title is also that of one of Rimbaud's most enigmatic Illuminations) is composed of eight partially autonomous pieces, almost all of which were probably written in 1943.
This fragment is composed of a rhyming quatrain embraced and a monostic. We immediately… Read More

SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1905-1980)
Autograph preparatory manuscript for Les Mots
N.p.n.d [c. 1953-1955], 1 p. in-8°
Some words crossed off. We do purposely transcript only a part of the manuscript.
Precious unpublished preparatory manuscript for Les Mots, one of the densest that can be found of Sartre's autobiographical masterpiece


" Je ne ressentais rien, toute mon énergie s'absorbait à produire cette mutation dans cette mue. Je fus atteint de distraction chronique ; possédé par mon absence, nulle part je ne me sentis présent tout à fait. Par comédie, par zèle, j'avais été l'enfant le plus sage ; par indifférence, je devins plus docile encore, je me prêtai aux éponges, aux brosses, au gant de crin : pendant qu'on me bouchonnait, j'écoutais en moi-même le bruit des marteaux qui battaient le fer. Je gagnais tout à cette nouvelle imposture : jusque-là, quand je faisais le héros, je n'oubliais jamais que c'était un jeu, que j'étais un mal-bâti. Bref, je n'y croyais pas. Mais je… Read More

SAND, George (1804-1876)
Autograph manuscript signed " G Sand " for her novel Consuelo [fragments][Nohant and Paris, between late 1842 and early 1843] 27 p. in-8° (13,5 x 20,5 cm)Some stains, wetting marks and browning
Precious manuscript forming the last part of Consuelo, one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century
The offered manuscript is composed as follows:
– Chapter 105, which constitutes the beginning of the sixteenth and last part of the novelThat is 10 p. in-8° [missing one page]– Chapter 106That is 10 p. in-8° [missing one and a half page]– ConclusionThat is 7 p. in-8° [the very first lines of the conclusion are missing, that is half a page]
The missing pages mentioned above are now in a single private collection.
Consuelo was published in the Revue indépendante (co-founded by Sand) from February 1, 1842 to March 25, 1843, in 16 "parts", representing 105 chapters (there was a numbering error by the Independent Review between chapters 19 and 29) and a conclusion.
The… Read More

ZOLA, Emile (1840-1902)
Corrected proofs for his novel
The Beast within
Paris, January 1890, 45 proofs printed on recto
Very good overall condition except some slightly frayed margin on the first folios, some browning
Precious and complete set of proofs abundantly corrected by Zola's hand for the original edition of his masterpiece The Beast within


The Beast within in gestation
The folios of this set of proofs evidence on the author's progress in writing his masterpiece. Emile Zola indulged in a meticulous rereading of all the lines, refining the style, redacting and correcting for a greater accuracy of tone and rhythm. Thus, the whole is abundantly annotated, with the exception of folio #35 to #38. The most important corrections can be found on folio #2 to #13 and #40, which correspond to chapters I to IV and XI. Also, Georges Charpentier (his editor) added notes on the twenty-nine folios and two mentions indicating to Zola to henceforth respect the paginated division.
These proofs present an… Read More

[RIMBAUD] VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)

Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui

Original edition, n°318, 4 p. in4°

Librairie Vanier, n°244 – Paris 19 quai St Michel

Fold marks, slight tears on folds, previously repaired with Japon paper, some ink stains on 4th folio

Proof copy with autograph corrections by Paul Verlaine rectifying a word of the Voyelles sonnet

Superb frontispiece in black made by Luque, representing Rimbaud painting vowels.

Printed booklet published by Léon Vanier (Paris, Jan. 1888).

We count in total less than five proof copies of this legendary publication. This particular copy, coming from one of the most prestigious Rimbaldian collections of the twentieth century, is all the more precious.

Provenance:

Rodolphe Darzens
Bibliothèque Henry Saffrey, acquired from the above

Collection Jean Hugues, acquired from the above (Drouot, 20th March 1998, lot #20)

Reference:

Verlaine – Œuvres en prose complètes, éd. Jacques Borel, Pléiade, p. 799-804

PROUST, Marcel (1971-1922)
Autograph letter signed " Marcel " to Reynaldo HahnN.p.n.d " Monday " [7th January 1907], 8 p. in-8° in black in on mourning paper, two bi-folios, watermark " L. T. & C° "Small annotation in pencil in the upper margin of the first page, period fold marksSlight discharges of ink on the first bi-folio testifying to a folding by Proust when the ink was not yet dry.
A precious letter to Reynaldo Hahn, his "Bunchnibuls", about his relationship with Robert de Montesquiou and the latter's late lover, Gabriel de Yturri, the one who inspired Proust for the character of Jupien in The Search
" Mon petit ReynaldoJe suis triste de n'être pas en état de vous dire plutôt ce que je vous écris. Si vous écrivez à Montesquiou dites-lui que la vérité est hors de son dilemme, en pleine invraisemblance pour qui ne sait pas ma vie. La vérité c'est qu'arrivé à Versailles le 6 Août, je n'ai pas pendant ces cinq mois été une seule fois capable de sortir. Je n'ai pas été une seule… Read More

ÉLUARD, Paul (1895-1952)
Autograph manuscript signed " Paul Eluard ", destined to Pierre SeghersN.p.n.d [c. May 1943], 6 p. in-8° (including title page)Fine condition
A precious series of poems, including the famous N., written for Poésie 43, then reprinted in the second edition of his world renowned collection Poésie et vérité 1942

This collection, entitled "Three Poems" by Éluard, was intended for Pierre Seghers, director of the journal Poésie. The poet soberly signed the manuscript of his name on the title page: Trois Poèmes. The chronology of the poems in the manuscript is such that it appears in the published collection. The pagination of each leaf, in multicoloured pencil, is also in Éluard's hand.
The manuscript opens with Rêves (pages 1 and 2), the overarching title for the seven short poems it contains, some of which are in the form of a couplet or tercet. The series is dedicated to his friend Louis Aragon. Later that year, five of the seven poems appeared in the expanded edition… Read More