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Auction 21 June 2022 A THOUSAND NIGHTS OF DREAM V - Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Collection - Paris

Bid on the lot list Pierre Bergé & Associés : 21 June 2022 - Mille nuits de rêve V - Collection Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn DATE DE VENTELundi 20 juin et mardi 21 juin à 14 heures 30 EXPOSITION PRIVEELibrairie Benoît Forgeot - 4, rue de l'Odéon 75006 ParisT. +33 (0)1 42 84 00 00Sur rendez-vous, du lundi 6 juin au mardi 14 juin 2022 EXPOSITION PUBLIQUEPierre Bergé & associés - 21, avenue Kléber 75116 ParisJeudi 16 et vendredi 17 juin 2022 de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 14h à 18h EXPERTS Philippe LUIGGIMembre de la Chambre Nationale des Experts Spécialisés74, avenue Louis Lepoutre - 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique<a href="mailto:philippe.luiggi@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: black; background-color: transparent;">philippe.luiggi@gmail.com</a> Benoît FORGEOT Assisté d'Andrea GABORIT4, rue de l'Odéon 75006 Paris<a href="mailto:info@forgeot.com" target="_blank" style="color: black; background-color: transparent;">info@forgeot.com</a> CONTACT POUR LA VENTE Sophie Duvillier+33 (0)1 49 49 90 10<a href="mailto:sduvillier@pba-auctions.com" target="_blank" style="color: black; background-color: transparent;">sduvillier@pba-auctions.com</a> Paris - Paris

A THOUSAND NIGHTS OF DREAM V - Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Collection

Tuesday 21 June 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

21, avenue Kléber - 75016 Paris

Pierre Bergé & Associés

A THOUSAND NIGHTS OF DREAM V - Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Collection

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Lot n° 222

Jean COCTEAU.

Cri écrite. Montpellier, 1925. In-4, in sheets, printed cover of buff paper filled Rare first edition. It is illustrated, as a frontispiece, with a line composition by Henri de la Jonquière, featuring two sailors sitting on the sail of a boat in the middle...

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Lot n° 223

Jean COCTEAU.

The Heurtebise Angel. Poem with a photograph of the angel by Man Ray. Paris, Librairie Stock, 1925. In-folio, in sheets. First edition printed at 355 copies; one of the 50 on white vellum. In frontispiece, photograph of the angel by Man Ray, reproduced...

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Lot n° 224

Jean COCTEAU.

Orpheus. Tragedy in one act and an interval. Paris, Librairie Stock, 1927. In-12, eggplant half-chagrin with bands, smooth spine, untrimmed, gilt head, covers and spine kept (Semet & Plumelle). First edition. One of the 28 first copies on imperial paper...

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Lot n° 225

Jean COCTEAU.

Thomas the impostor. History and drawings by Jean Cocteau. Paris, NRF, 1927. In-4, paperback, filled cover, folder, case. Deluxe edition illustrated with 40 full-page heliogravure drawings, one of which is colored. Limited edition of 373 copies. One of...

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Lot n° 226

Jean COCTEAU.

Portraits-Souvenir 1900-1914. Illustrated by the author. Paris, Grasset, 1935. In-12, paperback. First edition: copy on esparto of the press service. Precious autograph letter signed to Jean Marais dating from the beginning of their adventure and decorated...

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Lot n° 227

Jean COCTEAU.

Two erotic compositions. No place or date circa 1947. 2 original drawings, one in pencil on paper, the other in brown ink (27 x 21 cm). Two beautiful original drawings by Jean Cocteau used to illustrate the original edition of Querelle de Brest by Jean...

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Lot n° 228

Jean COCTEAU.

Léone. Paris, NRF, 1945. In-8 oblong, publisher's cardboard. First edition illustrated with 2 original full page lithographs by Jean Cocteau. Limited edition of 475 copies. One of the 35 first copies (hors commerce n° I) enriched with a double suite of...

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Lot n° 229

Jean COCTEAU et Georges HUGNET.

The Tablecloth of the Catalan. Sixty-four poems and sixteen lithographs in colors. Paris, 1952. In-4, night blue half-maroquin à la Bradel, smooth spine decorated with red fillets, unbleached cloth boards decorated with a checkerboard of red and cold...

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Lot n° 230

COLLECTION DE L'HORLOGE.

One hour, one poet. Paris, Éditions des Cahiers libres, 1925-1928. 12 paperback volumes, box-sleeve by Pierre Mercier. Complete collection, uncommon. Limited edition of 175 numbered copies; copy on Hollande de Rives (1/150 for the first, 1/200 for the...

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Lot n° 231

COLLECTION DES DOUZE.

Paris, Éditions GLM, 1935-1938. 12 volumes in-8, stapled, case by Pierre Mercier. Complete series of the collection des Douze, first series, directed by Pierre Courthion. Limited edition to 125 numbered copies. All the titles appear in first edition : René...

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Lot n° 232

Arthur CONAN DOYLE.

The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London, George Newnes, 1902. Fort in-12, red percaline with gilt and black decoration on the spine and first board (publisher's binding). First edition: first issue copy with the mistake...

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Lot n° 233

Arthur CRAVAN.

Letter to his "dear old man" Eugene Humbert. Without place, this Saturday 1916. Autograph letter signed "Arthur Cravan", 4 pages in-8. Very rare autograph letter of Arthur Cravan: "The colossus tells his gastric problems in almost Rabelaisian terms" (Bertrand...

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Lot n° 234

René CREVEL.

Home. Engravings by Dorothea Tanning. Paris, Jean Hugues, 1958. In-8, green half-maroquin à la Bradel, decorated boards in two tones fixed under plexiglas, untrimmed, illustrated covers and spine preserved, case (Mercher, 1964). First edition. Unique...

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Lot n° 235

René CREVEL.

Babylone. Paris, Simone Kra, 1927. In-12, blue half-snake skin à la Bradel, smooth spine, untrimmed, covers and spine kept, case (Leroux, 1984). First edition. Copy of the first edition on hollande Van Gelder Zonen, but not justified. The frontispiece...

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Lot n° 236

Nancy CUNARD.

We people of Spain. 1945-1949. Perpignan, Imprimerie Labau, December 1949. Booklet in-8 of (12) pp, sewn, purple paper cover printed in red. First edition. Collection of poems composed in the immediate post-war period and paying tribute to Spain. It ends...

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Lot n° 237

[Salvador Dali].

- Ernesto HALFFTER. Joyful march for piano. Madrid, Unión musical española, 1925. Partition in-folio, in sheets, illustrated brown paper cover. - Adolfo SALAZAR. Rubaiyat. (String quartet). Paris, Max Eschig & Cie, 1926. Sheet music in-folio, illustrated...

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Lot n° 238

Salvador DALI.

Babaouo. Unpublished script preceded by a summary of a critical history of cinema and followed by Guillaume Tell ballet portugais. Paris, Éditions des Cahiers libres, 1932. In-8, black half-maroquin with long grain bands (A. Devauchelle). Set of proofs...

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Lot n° 239

Salvador DALI.

The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. New York, Burton C. Hoffman, Dial Press, 1942. Large in-8, blue half cloth à la Bradel, title page and two illustrations pasted on the spine and the white vellum boards (publisher's...

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Lot n° 240

René DAUMAL.

Correspondence addressed to Jacques Henry Lévesque. Assy then Allauch, February 11 - May 8, 1942. 7 letters and a postcard autographed and signed of 14 pages in-8 in all, envelopes kept and a non-illustrated postcard, with address. Touching correspondence...

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Lot n° 241

Adrien DAX.

Without title. Without place or date. Relief painting on isorel (31,5 x 22 cm). Remarkable "peinturimpression", process between decalcomania and rubbing implemented by the artist. The Toulousan Adrien Dax (1913-1979) "discovered surrealist painting in...

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Lot n° 242

André DERAIN.

Still life, pitcher and fruit. Undated circa 1930. Oil on canvas (37 x 44 cm), signed lower right. Beautiful still life by André Derain (1880-1954). Admired by Apollinaire, whose first book he illustrated in 1909, L'Enchanteur pourrissant published by...

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Lot n° 243

Robert DESNOS.

On Jean Gengenbach. No place or date 1927. Autograph manuscript of 33 pages in-4. Unpublished autograph manuscript: recollections on Jean Gengenbach's "entry into surrealism". Often comical account of the irruption of Ernest de Gengenbach (1903-1979)...

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Lot n° 244

Robert DESNOS.

La Liberté ou l'Amour ! Paris, Éditions du Sagittaire 1927. In-12, soft eggplant chagrin, smooth spine, entirely untrimmed, covers and spine preserved (period binding). First edition. Copy on japan, not justified: it has the reputation of being the author's. (The...

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Lot n° 245

Robert DESNOS.

Paris, Gallimard, 1942. In-12, green half-chagrin with corners, spine with four nerves, untrimmed, gilt head (Georges Hugnet). Corrected proofs of the collection Fortunes. The collective edition, published in 1942, brought together poems that had often...

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Lot n° 246

Robert Doisneau.

Portrait of Paul Eluard. No place or date 1947. Silver print on Agfa Brovira paper (18,1 x 23 cm), stamped on the back. Beautiful portrait in profile of Paul Eluard reading in front of his library on rue de la Chapelle. The photographer executed between...

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Lot n° 247

Robert Doisneau.

Portrait of Blaise Cendrars. No place or date ca. 1950. Silver print (23,9 x17,9 cm), stamped on the reverse. A delightful full-length portrait of Blaise Cendrars, taken from a low angle, drinking next to an impressive stack of books. In the 1940s, Robert...

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Lot n° 248

Oscar DOMINGUEZ.

Letter addressed to "dear friends". Marseille, Le 10/40. Autograph letter signed "Oscar" with five phalluses drawn at the end, 1 ½ page in-4 on letterhead of "Grand café glacier, La Canebière, Marseille". News from Marseille where painters and writers...

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Lot n° 249

Oscar DOMINGUEZ.

Decalcomania. Undated 1939-1940. Original decalcomania on paper (25 x 32.5 cm) with autograph message in pencil on the back dated 1954. Precious test print of Oscar Dominguez's decalcomania, which, enhanced with green gouache, was used for the cover of...

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Lot n° 250

Oscar DOMINGUEZ.

Untitled. 1949. Original drawing signed, ink on paper, (30,4 x 19,9 cm). Beautiful surrealist composition with autograph signed sending: For my friend / Dr. Perigard ? / Dominguez / 49.

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Lot n° 251

Oscar DOMINGUEZ.

Untitled. 1957 ? Oil on canvas (23,8 x 15,7 cm). Beautiful surrealist composition in oil on canvas. Handwritten note on the back: "Dominguez 57, certified by Marie-Laure".

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Lot n° 252

JEAN DUBUFFET.

Boreal Views. Copenhagen, August 10, 1961. Autograph manuscript signed, 5 pages in-4. Autograph manuscript with numerous erasures and corrections of this text published in the Cahiers du Collège de Pataphysique, n° 16, under the title of Faustroll pôle...

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Lot n° 253

[DUBUFFET]. Pierre VOLBOUDT.

The Assemblages of Jean Dubuffet. Signes sols sorts. Paris, Hazan, 1958. In-4 in sheets, illustrated cover filled, folder, case of the editor. First edition illustrated with 17 plates in black and in colors drawn by Daniel Jacomet. One of the fifty first...

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Lot n° 254

Marcel DUCHAMP.

Rotoreliefs. Paris, 1935. 6 strong paper discs printed in color in black plastic case. First edition printed at 500 copies of which 300 were lost during the Second World War. The object consists of : - a black plastic circular case with window - a title...

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Lot n° 255

Marcel DUCHAMP.

Merchant of Salt. Writings collected and presented by Michel Sanouillet. Bibliography by Poupard-Lieussou. Paris, Le Terrain vague, 1958. In-12, mouse grey calf, smooth spine, first cover protected by a transparent sheet showing the cover with the portrait...

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Lot n° 256

Jean-Pierre DUPREY.

The Possible of the Crystal. May 1953. Oil painting on isorel panel, signed and dated (33 x 41 cm). Remarkable surrealist composition by Jean-Pierre Duprey. The legend in pencil is on a piece of paper fixed to the back. A meteor of the literary and artistic...

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Lot n° 257

Jean-Pierre DUPREY.

Derrière son double, followed by Solution H, Trois feux et une tour, Dans l'oeil de miroir, En l'air de verre, Passé au philtre du vide and Spectreuses. Letter-preface by André Breton, frontispiece by Jacques Hérold, drawings by Max Ernst. Paris, Le Soleil...

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Lot n° 258

Georges Duthuit.

A party in Cimmeria. Original lithographs by Henri Matisse. Paris, Tériade, 1963. In-4, in sheets, illustrated cover filled, folder, case of the publisher. First edition : unique edition at 130 copies on vélin de Rives (n° 22). 31 original full-page lithographs...

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Lot n° 259

Ilya EHRENBURG.

ПАРИЖ МОЙ Moi Parij. Moscow, Izogiz, 1933. In-8, publisher's white printed blue boards. First edition of My Paris, a famous album of photographs: layout and typography by El Lissitzky. Famous photo-reportage in the popular Paris of the 30s, revealing...

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Lot n° 260

[Gilles EHRMANN].

Julien GRACQ. 42 rue Fontaine. Photographs by Gilles Ehrmann. Paris, Au fil d'Encre, 1996-1997. In-4 in sheets, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. First edition : it has been printed at 20 copies on "pur fil du moulin de Larroque" (n° 15). Collection...

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Lot n° 261

Paul Eluard.

Poems sent to Gala. April 1930 - August 1934. Precious set of 31 autograph poems addressed to Gala from 1930 to 1934. Published in the collections À toute épreuve, La Vie immédiate and La Rose publique, they were found at Gala in Cadaquès within his correspondence...

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Lot n° 262

[Nusch ELUARD].

Two photographic portraits of Nusch Eluard. Without place nor date. 2 original photographs, silver prints on paper with crenelated edges (6,5 x 4,1 cm). Beautiful anonymous portraits of Nusch probably dating from the 40s.

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Lot n° 263

Paul Eluard.

The poetic evidence. Habitude de la poésie. Paris, GLM, 1937. 8 works bound in a volume in-16, pink half-calf with corners, smooth spine, untrimmed, gilt head (Louis Christy). First edition. Collection of eight copies printed on bicolored coated papers...

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Lot n° 264

Paul Eluard.

Some of the words that until now were mysteriously forbidden to me. Paris, GLM, 1937. Bound with : Valentine PENROSE. Herb to the moon. With a preface by Paul Eluard. Paris, GLM, 1935. 2 works in 1 volume in-12, salmon half-calf with corners, smooth spine,...

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Lot n° 265

[Paul éluard].

Jean du Haut. The Seven Poems of Love in War. Without place Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole, December 14, 1943. Illustrated manuscript of 17 leaves in-12 16,5 x 12,7 cm, transparent plastic cover, title in red gouache, joined by two cords. Superb manuscript...

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Lot n° 266

Paul Eluard.

Poésie ininterrompue I et II. Paris, Gallimard, 1946-1953. 2 volumes in-12, black morocco, smooth spines, untrimmed, gilt heads, covers and spines preserved, cases (D.-H. Mercher, 1974). First edition. Numbered copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre...

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Lot n° 267

Paul Eluard.

Political poems. Preface by Aragon. Paris, Gallimard, 1948. In-12, box fuschia à la Bradel, smooth spine, boards decorated with black fishnet pieces on a multicolored silk background, untrimmed, covers and spine kept, case (Leroux). Mention of 15th edition. Beautiful...

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Lot n° 268

Paul Eluard.

Road book. May-June 1949. Autograph notebook in-16 of 18 sheets written in pencil on squared paper. Precious and terrible eyewitness account of the Greek civil war, written on the spot. Eluard went to Greece to support the Greek democratic forces. The...

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Lot n° 269

Paul ELUARD, K. YANNOPOULOS et F. ASTERIS.

Greece my rose of reason. Paris, Réclame, 1949. In-12 square, printed filled cover. One of 115 copies on Marais Crèvecoeur paper, the only deluxe edition; this one is one of the 15 hors commerce (n° 5). Eluard's collection is followed by the poems of...

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Lot n° 270

[Paul éluard].

The Wall of Poetry. Salon de mai 1951. A poem. Paris, La Presse à bras, 1951. A square in-12 sheet 18.3 x 18.9 cm, mounted on an in-folio sheet, of red paper, cream paper folder printed in red and black, modern cardboard folio holder. Confidential edition...

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Lot n° 271

Paul Eluard.

Le Phénix with eighteen drawings by Valentine Hugo. Paris, GLM, 1952. Large in-8, paperback. First edition, completed in December 1951. (Coron, Les Éditions GLM, n° 349.) One of the 25 first copies on Arches vellum (n° 22), signed by the painter and the...

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