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Auction 02 July 2020 COLLECTION OF ART CRITIC FRANK ELGAR, FERNAND LEGER - Paris

Bid on the lot list Tessier & Sarrou et Associés : 02 July 2020 - COLLECTION D'UN CRITIQUE D’ART FRANK ELGAR / FERNAND LEGER Bibliothèque Arts Premier Fernand LEGER Art Moderne VENTE : Le Jeudi 2 Juillet 2020, à 15h Expositions publiques : Mardi 30 juin et Mercredi 1er juillet de 11h à 19h Téléphone pendant l’exposition et la vente : 01 48 00 20 06 Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

COLLECTION OF ART CRITIC FRANK ELGAR, FERNAND LEGER

Thursday 02 July 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Live

Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Tessier & Sarrou et Associés

COLLECTION OF ART CRITIC FRANK ELGAR, FERNAND LEGER

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Lot n° 1

ANTRAL GOBION Pierre

Saint Lazarus. Editions Girard and Bunino Paris 1930. E.O. One of the 195 exes on Arches. Very nice sending with a pen drawing enhanced from ANTRAL to Roger LESBATS (real name of Frank ELGAR). Brocaded in-8, fragile back and glued together

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Lot n° 2

Baker Joséphine

Typed letter signed and addressed to Frank Elgar on November 4, 1950, thanking him for his letter and sending him an autographed photo. One page in-12

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Lot n° 3

(BEAUDIN André)

Typed letter signed by Daniel-Henry KAHNWEILER to Frank ELGAR, dated June 16, 1957. He congratulates him for his article on the painter and sculptor André Beaudin and talks about the latter's talent. One page in-8 double-sided

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Lot n° 4

BEAUDIN Andre

Two autograph letters signed and dated June 15, 1957 and April 6, 1969. He thanks Elgar for an article on his last exhibition. One page in-12

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Lot n° 5

(BRAQUE Georges) ELGAR Frank

Resurrection of the bird. Maeght Editor. Paris 1958. E.O. One of the 175 exes on Rives. Copy signed by the author and the illustrator. In-4 sheets under folder and case. Little snags in the case. Three full-page colour lithographs of Braque and colour...

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Lot n° 6

(BRAQUE Georges) ELGAR Frank

Resurrection of the bird. Maeght Editeur Paris 1958. E.O. Precious copy on Rives specially printed for Frank ELGAR with a mailing and a watercolour by BRAQUE. Bibliography: - Hatje, Livres XXVIII, Mourlot 61, 62, 63, 64 - B.N. Res. G. V. 362 - Dora...

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Lot n° 7

(BRAQUE Georges) ELGAR Frank

Resurrection of the bird. Maeght Editeur Paris 1958. E.O. Copy of Rives pass unnumbered and unsigned by the author and illustrator. A complete set of Braque's three full-page colour lithographs. In-4 sheets under folder and case. Bibliography: - Hatje,...

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Lot n° 8

(BRAQUE Georges) CHAR René

The Water Sun. Matarasso Gallery Paris 1949. E.O. One of the 160 ex on Marais vellum signed by the author and illustrator of the 4 lithographs. In-4 sheets under folder

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Lot n° 9

(BRAQUE Georges)

Tribute to Braque. Maeght Editeur Paris 1964. E.O. One of the 350 ex Rives, only draw (one of the 75 ex H.C). Very complete etching in frontispiece engraving after the "three birds on a purple background". In-4 sheets in folder and case

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Lot n° 10

BRAQUE Georges

Autograph letter signed and addressed from Varengeville-sur-Mer to Frank Elgar. He confirmed that he would gladly accept to make a lithograph to accompany a text by Elgar. Half a page in-12

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Lot n° 11

(GREETING CARDS) Set of 39 artist's...

(GREETING CARDS) Set of 39 artist's greeting cards addressed to Franz ELGAR, often with signed autographs and numbered engravings Nadia Léger, Bierge, Lasnier, Guitet, Berthier, Reynonds, Adam, Lamy, Marsal, Piaubert, Ostier, Piar, Caillété, Aloyo, Zendel,...

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Lot n° 12

(MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE)...

(MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE) Set of about twenty autograph letters (completed by an autographed photo of Averil and Aurel and press clippings).

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Lot n° 13

CÉSAR

Gold compresses. Hachette Paris 1973. E.O. (no big paper). Unpublished texts by James BALDWIN and Françoise GIROUD. Sending CESAR to Frank ELGAR. Cardboard in-8, complete with jacket

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Lot n° 14

CHAR René

The rampart of twigs. Louis Broder Publisher Paris 1953. One of the 30 copies of Chapelle sur Rives signed by the author. Send to Roger LESBATS. For these 30 copies it is not planned to reproduce the illustrations of Wifredo LAM. Pinned in-8

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Lot n° 15

ELGAR Frank

Manuscript of an essay on cubism. Dated November 13, 1969, text written on a 103-page school notebook. Numerous corrections and additions. Text which does not seem to have been published as it stands and has probably been used in various studies and...

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Lot n° 16

ELGAR Frank

Set of 10 books written by Franz Elgar in E.O. (Montanier, Picasso, Wolfram 2, Cézanne, Greene-Mercier, La peinture moderne, interview with Claude Maréchal, Leger peintures 1911-1948, Poleo)

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Lot n° 17

(ELGAR Frank)

Set of 13 19th century letters or documents concerning the Elgar family

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Lot n° 18

ELUARD Paul

See. Editions des trois collines Paris 1948. E.O. One of 3,000 exes on vellum. Nice signed autograph sending from ELUARD to Frank ELGAR. Pinned in-8 snags on the back

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Lot n° 19

ELUARD Paul

The face of peace by PICASSO and ELUARD. Editions Cercle d'Art Paris S.D (1951) One of the ex numbered on offset vellum. Sending ELUARD to Frank ELGAR. Pinned in-4

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Lot n° 20

(ESTEVE) FRANCASTEL

Pierre, Estève. Editions Galanis Paris 1956. E.O. Double shipment to Frank ELGAR of ESTEVE and FRANCASTEL. Editorial board in-4, complete with dust jacket. Little snags on the jacket

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Lot n° 21

ESTEVE Maurice

4 autograph letters signed and addressed in 1958 and 1965 to Frank ELGAR. He talks about his art, his aversion to criticism, "You know I'm not spoiled by so-called art criticism. These gentlemen do not forgive me for my pride, my isolation, my refusal...

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Lot n° 22

GARIBALDI Charles

Important correspondence between the painting expert and Frank ELGAR. 5 signed autograph letters including one of 11 pages in-12. He talks about his work and the exhibitions on Cézanne, Buffet, Gischia, Monticelli...

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Lot n° 23

GISCHIA Léon

Autograph letter signed and addressed on July 2, 1957 to Frank Elgar. He thanks him for an article on his last exhibition. One page in-8 double-sided

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Lot n° 24

HUYGHE René

Two typed letters signed and addressed in May and July 1956 to Frank ELGAR. He suggested that Elgar work with him on the final chapters of his History of Art to be published by Larousse in conjunction with Jean Cassou. In the second letter he thanks...

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Lot n° 25

(LAPICQUE Charles) FOLLAIN Jean

Earth apparatus. Editions Galanis Paris 1961. E.O. One of the 15 ex H.C. on Auvergne paper, second paper. Copy signed by the author and the illustrator. In-4 sheets in folder and case

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Lot n° 26

(LAURENS Henri) GHIKA TIGGIE de

The blue wing. Editions Cahiers d'art Paris 1948. E.O. Sending Ghika to Roger LESBATS. E.O One of the 200 exes on Rives, the only big paper after 2 Japan and 3 Holland. Translation by René CHAR. Three etchings by Laurens. In-4 sheets under folder

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Lot n° 27

LÉGER Fernand

My travels. French publishers reunited Paris 1960. E.O. One of the 250 exes on Arches. Poem by Louis ARAGON. 28 lithographs of LEGER. In-4 sheets under folder and case. Small snags in the case

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Lot n° 28

LEGER Nadia

Two letters signed and addressed in 1956 by Léger's widow to Frank Elgar. In one of them, in the margin of a circular letter, she suggested that he join the Association of Friends of the Fernand Léger Museum and in the other she thanked her for her article...

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Lot n° 29

MALRAUX André

Typed letter signed and addressed on December 31, 1952 to Frank Elgar (with a small handwritten note at the bottom of the page). He announces the sending of a copy of the second edition of his new book (probably La Statuaire, the first volume of his...

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Lot n° 30

MANESSIER Alfred

Lavis de Haute-Provence. Galerie de France Paris 1959. E.O. One of the 500 ex-Arches, single draw. Ex numbered and signed by the artist. Broched-in- 8 Italian style. Spiral bound. First course with tearing without missing

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Lot n° 31

PAULHAN Jean

Funny autograph letter signed and addressed to Roger LESBATS. Ironically, he asks her why she used that name (when it is her real name) and why she wrote the article in disguise. An in-12 page with NRF header

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Lot n° 32

(PICASSO Pablo) ELGAR Frank

Study of Picasso's work. Fernand Hazan. Publisher Paris 1955. E.O. Specially printed copy for Frank ELGAR with, on the title page, a pencil drawing, "Portrait of Frank Elgar", signed by PICASSO. in-8 Editor board, complete with cover artwork

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Lot n° 33

PICASSO Pablo ARAGON Louis

SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet and us. Cercle d'Art Paris 1965. E.O. parallel to the American edition. One of the 2000 exes on Vellum. 12 illustrations by PICASSO. Bound in-4 salmon cover, Picasso's text on the first plate

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Lot n° 34

(PICASSO Pablo) COOPER Douglas

Lunches. Cercle d'Art Paris 1962. E.O. Bookbinding in-4, flat with reproduction of Picasso's drawings. Decorated case

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Lot n° 35

(PICASSO Pablo) DOMINGUIN

Luis Migue, Toros and Bullfighters. Editions Cercle d'Art Paris 1961. Ex in S.P Cartonnage editor in-4. Illustrated dishes and case

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Lot n° 36

(PICASSO Pablo)

Set of 7 books on Picasso including 5 dedicated to Frank ELGAR (Cassou Picasso, Daix Picasso's life as a painter, Daix Picasso 1900-1906, Georges Bataille Picasso, James Sabartes Picasso, menines and life). That is to say 7 bound volumes in-8 and in-4,...

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Lot n° 37

(PICASSO Pablo)

Manuscript of draft articles written by Frank Elgar for the magazine Le Jardin des arts on Picasso. Letter from the magazine, letter from Elgar, cutting plan of the articles, first text of 3 pages in-8 with corrections and additions

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Lot n° 38

(PICASSO Pablo) KLEIN Jérôme C

Autograph letter signed and addressed to Frank Elgar on November 26, 1956 from New York. He congratulates him on his book on Picasso. One page in-12 double-sided

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Lot n° 39

PIGNON Edouard

Threshing and wheat pushers. Editions Cercle d'art Paris 1962. E.O. Superb original drawing with a dedication to Frank ELGAR in double title page. Ink and crayons. Pinned in-4 in case

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Lot n° 40

(PIGNON Edouard), Edouard Pignon

50 paintings from 1936 to 1962. Galerie de France Paris S.d (Circa 1960). Superb original drawing in double page with a dedication to Frank ELGAR. Double technique gouache and watercolour representing a rider and his armour. in-4 Editorial board, tear-open...

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Lot n° 41

(PIGNON Edouard) FERRIER Jean-Louis, Pignon

Les presses de la connaissance Paris 1976. E.O. (no big paper). Double sending to Frank ELGAR with a beautiful pencil drawing of a naked woman lying down. Pinned in-4, jacket with snags

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Lot n° 42

PILLODS Robert

Images from the Old Testament. Editions Messages Paris 1950. E.O. One of the 500 ex on Vellum (this one H.C in S.P). Unpublished preface by Pierre EMMANUEL. In-4 sheets in folder and case

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Lot n° 43

(SARTHOU) VALERY Paul

Views of the sea. Editions Vialetay Paris 1966. One of the 110 exes on Rives. Specially printed copy for Frank ELGAR with a dedication from SARTHOU. Copy signed in colophon by the illustrator and the publisher. In-4 sheets in folder and case

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Lot n° 44

VAN HOUTEN) HENRY-JACQUES

Moulin rouge. Editions Marcel Seheur Paris S.d (1925). One of the 500 copies on Arches, the only large paper. Nice sending dated 1926 to Roger LESBATS. Full-page illustrations by Van Houten. Pinned in-8, back with hook

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Lot n° 45

(REVUE VERVE) BONNARD Pierre

Set of 4 issues of the magazine VERVE: N° 17/18 entirely devoted to Pierre BONNARD. Editions Verve Paris 1947. E.O. Editor's cardboard in-4, complete with cover (missing first plate)/no. 8 Nature de la France. Paris 1940 E.O. Cartonnage in-4 complet...

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Lot n° 46

REVUE DERRIERE LE MIROIR)

Set of 19 volumes of this art magazine, all in O.E. brocaded in-4 (Calder, Hommage à Braque, Steinberg, Adami, Bazaine (2), 1958 Braque, Rebeyrolle, Chagall, Calder, Bazaine, Bury, Riopelle, Tal Coat, 10 years of edition, Steinberg, Tapies, Van Velde...

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Lot n° 47

Set of 36 books dedicated to Frank...

Set of 36 books dedicated to Frank ELGAR Perruchot, L'art moderne à travers le monde/Pol Bury Les horribles mouvements de l'immobilité/Cerspelle Montmartre vivant/Catalogue Jean Villeri/Marcel paquet, Michel Journiac l'ossuaire de l'esprit/Claude Mettra...

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Lot n° 48

Set of books and documents on Fernand...

Set of books and documents on Fernand LEGER including catalogues raisonnés from 1938 to 1957 Frank ELGAR, was very early interested in archaeological and primitive cultures as artists and intellectuals of that time including Paul ELUARD, André BRETON...

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Lot n° 49

Funerary bird standing on a semi-hard...

Funerary bird standing on a semi-hard wooden mound, traces of polychromes Jorai people, Vietnamese highlands 20th H: 165 cm

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Lot n° 50

Fang polychrome wooden female mask,...

Fang polychrome wooden female mask, Gabon XXth H: 25 cm

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