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Auction 18 March 2021 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS - Neuilly-sur-Seine

Bid on the lot list Aguttes : 18 March 2021 - AUTOGRAPHES & MANUSCRITS Exposition sur rendez-vousÀ partir du jeudi 4 mars+33 (0)1 47 45 00 91 Exposition publique :Aguttes NeuillyMercredi 17 mars : 10h - 13h et 14h - 18hJeudi 18 mars : 10h - 12h Directeur du département :Sophie Perrine+ 33 (0)1 41 92 06 44<a href="mailto:perrine@aguttes.com" target="_blank">perrine@aguttes.com</a> Administration des ventes / Stockage et délivrance :Quiterie Bariéty+33 (0)1 47 45 00 91<a href="mailto:bariety@aguttes.com" target="_blank">bariety@aguttes.com</a> Expert :Thierry BodinMembre du Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en Œuvres d’Art+ 33 (0)1 45 48 25 31<a href="mailto:lesautographes@wanadoo.fr" target="_blank">lesautographes@wanadoo.fr</a> Neuilly-sur-Seine - Neuilly-sur-Seine

AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS

Thursday 18 March 2021 - 14:32 (CET) - Live

164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Lot n° 1

ALECHINSKY Pierre (né 1927)

De toutes parts, 1983. Plate from the Le Chien Roi series. Etching in black, stenciled in gouache. Off edition proof, titled, signed and dated "De toutes parts Alechinsky 983" and numbered "A/B" printed on Japon à la forme. 65 x 96.5 cm. Very nice p...

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Lot n° 2

BAKST LÉON (1866-1924)

L.A.S. "Leon Bakst", May 28, 1924, to a friend Gabriel ASTRUC? ; 1 page in-4 in blue ink (small trace of rust). On his set for the ballet Istar. The ballet Istar commissioned by the dancer Ida RUBINSTEIN, with music by Vincent d'INDY, was premiered...

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Lot n° 3

BARTHOLDI Auguste (1834-1904)

L.A.S. "Bartholdi", January 28, 1903, to a friend; 3 pages in-8. About his Monument to the aeronauts of the siege of Paris. This project is decried by the Mayor of Montmartre: "He makes approaches to the City, writes in the newspapers ..., as if it was...

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Lot n° 4

DALI Salvador (1904-1989)

L.A.S. "Dali", 1952, to a friend; 1 page oblong in-4 (slightly browned paper, small marginal tear without touching the text); in Spanish. About his famous painting Assumpta Corpuscularia Lapislazulina. This painting, exhibited at the Julien Levy Gallery...

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Lot n° 5

DAUMIER Honoré (1808-1879)

L.A.S. "H. Daumier", Tuesday, to Adolphe BEUGNIET; 1 page in-8. "I am waiting for your Raffet to deliver the drawing. You would be very kind if you would send me a hundred francs. You will have the other drawings before my departure"... The art dealer...

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Lot n° 6

DEGAS Edgar (1834-1917)

L.A.S. "Degas", Monday February ? 1884, to Albert BARTHOLOMÉ; 2 pages in-8 (small mourning). He could not go to Mrs. Caylus' house, because the dinner at the Ratomskys' house started very late: "I could not get away with my mouth full". So he went...

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Lot n° 7

DEGAS Edgar (1834-1917)

L.A.S. "Degas", Tuesday February 1891?, to Alfred LENOIR; 2 pages petit in-8 (small slit in the central fold). The sculptor Alfred LENOIR (1850-1920), friend of Degas, had just lost, on February 17, his father, the architect and archaeologist Albert...

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Lot n° 8

DEGAS Edgar (1834-1917)

Autograph poem, The Dancer; 1 page in-4 (22.2 x 18 cm; a little insulated, with traces of framing). Rare sonnet by the painter. According to Paul Valéry, Degas wrote about twenty sonnets; eight were published in 1914 by Alexandre Gaspard-Michel and...

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Lot n° 9

DELACROIX Eugène (1798-1863)

L.A.S., Ems 3 August 1850, to his friend Charles SOULIER; 4 pages in-8. Magnificent letter on RUBENS. He went to take the waters in Belgium and then in Switzerland, which only half succeeded, but "the mountain air and the exercise did me all the necessary...

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Lot n° 10

DELACROIX Eugène (1798-1863)

L.A.S., Paris 6 June; 1 page in-8 (leg. tachée). "I have received the result of your work, which I find most satisfactory. I am forced to be at the exhibition tomorrow morning to compete for the examination of the paintings as a member of the jury:...

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Lot n° 11

DUCHAMP Marcel (1887-1968)

L.A.S. "Marcel Duchamp", Paris December 21, 1936, to Mrs. Alfred BARR; 1 page in-4 (slit in the central fold repaired). Letter on his watercolour The King and the Queen. Addressed to Margaret Scolari BARR (1901-1987), wife of Alfred BARR (1902-1981),...

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Lot n° 12

DUPAS JEAN (1882-1964)

Elegant under drapes. DRAWING in charcoal enhanced with Indian ink, signed lower left and dated "Jean Dupas 1930". Former collection of the artist. This drawing will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Jean's work Dupas by Romain Lefebvre

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Lot n° 13

GERICAULT Théodore (1791-1824)

L.A., "3 heures du matin" 20 June 1822, to Mme TROUILLARD, "Rue Chantereine 10. Faubourg Montmartre"; 2 pages ¾ in-8, address. Beautiful and very rare love letter to his mistress. "Here is the charming hour when the fortunate lover rests delightfully...

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Lot n° 14

GERICAULT Théodore (1791-1824)

L.A., August 17 1822?, to Mrs. TROUILLARD, remaining post office in Dieppe; 3 pages in-4, address (slight wetness, small tear at one corner without missing). Very beautiful and rare love letter to his mistress. "One does not remake oneself, and once...

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Lot n° 15

HÉLION Jean (1907-1987)

L.S. "Hélion" with additions and autograph corrections, New-York 20 and 21 November 1936, to Raymond QUENEAU; 5 pages and a half in-4 typed. Long letter describing his new installation in New-York, where he found CALDER, and where he appreciates that...

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Lot n° 16

HUGO Valentine (1887-1968)

L.A.S. "Valentine" with COLLAGES, 23 December 1945, in Marcelo and Hortensia ANCHORENA; 1 page in-4 at its address 2, rue de Sontay. Pretty letter of greetings illustrated with 9 collages of birds in chromolithography. The birds have been placed on...

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Lot n° 17

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Lot n° 18

KLEE Paul (1879-1940)

L.A.S. "Klee", Bern 25.IX.1911, to Marie von SINNER in Bern; 1 page in-8, envelope; in German. He hastens to inform her of an exhibition which will close on 1 October and is free of charge. He suggests that she go there with Sasha daughter of Marie Von...

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Lot n° 19

LAURENCIN Marie (1883-1956)

7 L.A.S. "Marie Laurencin" or "Marie", 1952-1955, to Roger NIMIER; 19 pages in-12, envelopes. Monday morning July 7, 1952. "So Me Maurice Garçon's plea for the apartment. The opposing party found that it was out of malice that I wanted to go home and...

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Lot n° 20

LAURENCIN Marie (1883-1956)

L.A.S. "Marie Laurencin", April 13, to the poet GEORGE-DAY; 2 pages in-12. "On fait une exposition M.L. 66 quai des orfèvres. The owner of the gallery, Mr. Tronche, bought your book and it is he who is successful (your book). Does COLETTE have one? I...

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Lot n° 21

MAGRITTE René (1898-1967)

L.A.S. "René Magritte", Brussels 18 November 1964, to Henri MICHAUX; 1 page in-8 at his header and address. He no longer has Paul NOUGÉ's book Histoire de ne pas rire, as he distributed all his copies over time. "I met a lot of people in Paris, (there...

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Lot n° 22

MANET Edouard (1832-1883)

L.A.S. "Edouard Manet", "aboard the Hanover and Guadeloupe" 15-22 December 1848, to HIS MOTHER; 7 pages in-8 on fine paper. Beautiful and long letter, written at the age of sixteen, when he embarked on the training ship Hanover and Guadeloupe. "The...

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Lot n° 23

MANET Edouard (1832-1883)

L.A.S. "Edouard Manet", Paris 10 September 1870, to Miss Eva GONZALÈS; 4 pages in8. Interesting letter, a few days before the beginning of the Siege of Paris. He is extremely worried about the situation, and has sent his mother and wife to safety in...

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Lot n° 24

MASSON André (1896-1987)

5 L.A.S. "André Masson", 1952-1954 and n.d., to Pierre DESCARGUES, aux Lettres françaises; 5 pages in various formats, 2 on the back of postcards illustrated with address. Tivoli 3 April 1952. He is late: "Turns and detours in Italy are the cause. Writing...

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Lot n° 25

MATISSE Henri (1869-1954)

L.A.S. "H.M.", Seville, December 22, 1910, to HIS MOTHER; 2 pages in-8, heading Circulo de Labradores y Propietarios Sevilla. About his stay in Seville. He worries about not having any news from his family; his daughter Margarita "has to write to me...

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Lot n° 26

MATISSE Henri (1869-1954)

L.A.S. "Henri Matisse", Paris 21 September 1937; 1 page in-4 in purple ink. He is "happy to see that everyone is in good faith". He asks the address of the "last owner" to write to him. "I regret that I can't go to see you but I'm immobilized at the...

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Lot n° 27

MATISSE Henri (1869-1954)

L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Nice Dimanche 1940, to Henry de MONTHERLANT; 1 page and a half in-8. He hopes that his trip was interesting and that he does not bring back "too desperate news". He regrets that he no longer has "the Martin du Gard", but makes him...

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Lot n° 28

MATISSE Henri (1869-1954)

L.A.S. "Henri Matisse", Vence November 1943, to Henry de MONTHERLANT; 2 pages in-8. Preparation of Pasiphaé. Song of Minos. (The Cretans) by Montherlant, with original engravings by Matisse (M. Fabiani, 1944). "Dear friend, The proofs I have sent you...

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Lot n° 29

MATISSE Henri (1869-1954)

L.A.S. "Henri Matisse", 132 Bd Montparnasse 1 December 1946, to Mrs Mary HUTCHINSON; 2 pages in-4, envelope. Relating to the short film Henri Matisse, by François Campaux. "A thousand thanks for the trouble you took about the invitations to the presentation...

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Lot n° 30

MONET Claude (1840-1926)

L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny October 21, 1888, to Gustave GEFFROY; 1 page and a half in-8, envelope. It is agreed for Tuesday. "I am having a car ordered which you will find at the station, not being certain to be in front of you. You will just have...

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Lot n° 31

MONET Claude (1840-1926)

L.A.S. "ton vieux Claude", Christiania 9 February 1895, to SA FEMME ALICE; 6 pages in-8 with Giverny letterhead (some red pen marks). Nice letter about his stay in Norway. He thanks her for her letters. "Don't torment yourself, I am doing wonderfully...

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Lot n° 32

MONET Claude (1840-1926)

L.A.S. "Claude Monet", Giverny par Vernon, Eure 1 March 1915, to Léon WERTH; 4 pages in-8 in pencil to Giverny. Warm letter to the writer and art critic, then at the front. Léon WERTH (1878-1955) was then fighting in the infantry; Monet had known him...

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Lot n° 33

NADAR Félix (1820-1910)

2 L.A.S. "Nadar", 1872? and n.d., to Philippe GILLE; 2 and 3 pages in-8, the 1st with its number N and motto Quand même !, the 2nd with commercial letterhead Photograph Nadar (enclosed envelope of April 13, 1899). Gille offering to defend him, Nadar...

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Lot n° 34

PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973)

PHOTOGRAPHY signed "Picasso", 1956; 14.8 x x10.4 cm, silver print. Picasso, in a checkered shirt, is sitting at a table; a pencil in his right hand, he is signing engravings. A pencil note on the back indicates that the photo was taken "at his home California...

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Lot n° 35

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro", Éragny-sur-Epte by Gisors circa 1890?, to Paul DURAND-RUEL; 1 page and a quarter in-8. "Can I count on what I asked you in my last letter. Here we are at the end of the month, and my expenses will be doubled next month. I know this...

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Lot n° 36

PISSARRO Camille (1831-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro" (incomplete), Paris 12 September 1891, to HER WIFE Julie; 2 pages in-8 (2nd page missing). "Lucien after having gone to see Amélie with me this morning went to say goodbye to the Estruc, I stayed in my neighborhood, the weather...

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Lot n° 37

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro", London June 12, 1892, to Claude MONET; 3 pages in-8. About the loan Monet grants to Pissarro to enable him to buy his house in Éragny-sur-Epte. He thanks him for his readiness to help him, as he too has "no idea about mortgage loans...

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Lot n° 38

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A. (draft), January 29, 1897, to Eugène MURER; 1 page and a half in-8 with deletions and corrections. Interesting draft letter on his painting and an unreturned painting. He asks Murer's help for "a little dispute that divides you with Miss Marie about...

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Lot n° 39

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro", London 10 June 1897, to Claude MONET; 1 page and a half small in-8. He understands the embarrassment of Monet, who was unable to invite him "to the wedding feast" of his son Jean: "I too find myself very much prevented, at this...

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Lot n° 40

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro", Eragny-Bazincourt May 8, 1900, to M. CONTET; 2 pages in-8. Nice letter to his color dealer. He still has "a few canvases of 30", and orders canvases of 30, 25 and 15; "only one of 30 landscapes is enough ... I found here many colors...

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Lot n° 41

PISSARRO Camille (1830-1903)

L.A.S. "C. Pissarro", Paris "204 rue de Rivoli" September 21, 1900, to his wife Julie; 3 pages in-8. Nice unpublished letter from Paris to his wife, at the time of the Banquet des Maires. He is very well settled rue de Rivoli, as well as Esther, Lucien;...

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Lot n° 42

RENOIR Auguste (1841-1919)

L.A.S. "Renoir", Vic-en-Bigorre 1 March 1871, to his friend and patron the architect Charles LE CŒUR; 3 pages in-8 (slight traces of restoration). Beautiful letter on his life during the siege of Paris, a few days before demobilization. In 1870, Renoir...

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Lot n° 43

ROPS Félicien (1833-1898)

L.A.S. "Fély" with 9 DRAWINGS, Thozée Jeudi circa 1863 ?, to his friend Émile LECLERCQ; 12 pages in8 to his number. Superb and long letter from a Rops who was ill with love, illustrated with nine pencil drawings and blurred. At the head of...

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Lot n° 44

SIGNAC Paul (1863-1935)

L.A.S. with DRAWING, October 8, 1910, to Charles SAUNIER ; 1 page in-4 (a few slight cracks; the letter is mounted on a map). Beautiful letter illustrated with a view of the Pont Neuf. Signac thanks his correspondent for his "study on Monsieur Auguste...

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Lot n° 45

TORRES-GARCIA Joaquin (1874-1949)

L.A.S. "J. Torres-Garcia" with DRAWING, Montevideo 14 May 1934, to Armando VASSEUR in Madrid; 3 pages in-4; in Spanish. Beautifully illustrated letter about his return to Uruguay. After living in Paris (1926-1932) and Madrid (1932-1934), TorresGarcia...

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Lot n° 46

UTRILLO Maurice (1883-1955)

L.A.S. "Maurice Utrillo V.", Angoulême May 12, 1935, to his friend Dr. Robert LEMASLE; 2 pages in-8. He announces his civil marriage on April 18 and his religious marriage on May 2 at the church of Saint-André in Angoulême, a ceremony presided over by...

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Lot n° 47

VAN DONGEN KEES (1877-1968)

L.A.S. "Van Dongen", to Élie RICHARD; in blue ink on an in-4 page with the Villa Saïd letterhead, illustrated with the blue engraving of a naked woman. "Unfortunately, I have no typographical cliché or even any photo of the Portrait of Anatole France"....

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Lot n° 48

BERLIOZ Hector (1803-1869)

L.A.S. "H. Berlioz", 4 rue de Calais 12 July 1857, to the music publisher Jakob Melchior RIETER-BIEDERMAN; 2 pages in-8. About the piano arrangement of Romeo and Juliet by Théodore Ritter. He regrets that Mr. Biedermann's poor health prevents him from...

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Lot n° 49

BERLIOZ Hector (1803-1869)

L.A.S. "Hector Berlioz", 11-12 May 1865, to Princess Caroline de SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN; 3 pages in-8 of a bifeuillet. Magnificent letter-dedication of his opera Les Troyens. 12 May. Berlioz sent on May 11 to the "dear princess", "without seeing her enough,...

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Lot n° 50

BIZET Georges (1838-1875)

L.A.S. "Georges Bizet", Paris 28th February 1870, to Achille VOGUE in Nice; 1 page in-8, envelope. "Here is the autograph you wanted. - He is very happy !... You are going to take him to Rome... Rome has only had three years of my life, but it's my true...

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