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Auction 28 March 2024 Autograph letters and manuscripts - Paris

Bid on the lot list Ader : 28 March 2024 - Exposition privée chez l'expertUniquement sur rendez-vousDu lundi 18 mars au vendredi 22 mars Exposition publiqueSalle des ventes Favart3, rue Favart 75002 ParisMardi 26 et mercredi 27 mars de 11 h à 18 hJeudi 28 mars de 11 h à 12 h Téléphone pendant l’exposition :01 53 40 77 10 Responsable de la venteMarc GUYOTmarc.guyot@ader-paris.fr Ordres d'achatEkaterina GORSHKOVAegorshkova@ader-paris.fr Ader - Paris

Autograph letters and manuscripts

Thursday 28 March 2024 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris

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Lot n° 1

BEAUX-ARTS. 4 L.A.S. from painters...

BEAUX-ARTS. 4 L.A.S. from painters and sculptors. Ferdinand Humbert (1900, about his paintings of the Panthéon), Julien Gagliardini (1892, about his paintings), Jean-Pierre Laurens (1926, about his portrait of Mme Péguy), Aimé Millet (1883, he finished...

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Lot n° 2

BEAUX-ARTS. 4 drawings and 5 photographs. Francis...

BEAUX-ARTS. 4 drawings and 5 photographs. Francis Bernard: femme au miroir, gouache with collage signed upper left (27 x 21 cm). Alfred Le Petit: pencil drawing of a lion signed lower right (7.5 x 10.5 cm); landscape, watercolor signed lower left and...

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Lot n° 3

Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947). L.A.S.,...

Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947). L.A.S., Paris 8 rue de Parme, December 3, 1889, to his mother; 4pages in-8. Early letter. The young Bonnard, who is staying with his grandmother Caroline Mertzdorff, has applied to join the administration, and hopes "to be...

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Lot n° 4

Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947) painter....

Pierre BONNARD (1867-1947) painter. L.A.S. "Pierre", 1891?, to his mother; 3 1/2 pages in-8. He hopes to spend a few days at Grand Lemps family home in the Dauphiné and for the time being is looking for a room in Paris: "I am wary of the furnished rooms...

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Lot n° 5

Pierre BONNARD. L.A.S., December...

Pierre BONNARD. L.A.S., December 10, to M. Henry; 1 page in-8. "For my part, I see no obstacle to the Danish exhibition receiving some of my paintings - You'll find five to send there - I suppose they'll bear the expenses"...

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Lot n° 6

Philippe BURTY (1830-1890) art...

Philippe BURTY (1830-1890) art critic. 13 L.A.S., 1871-1884 and n.d., to Henry Houssaye; 18 pages in-8 and in-12. Invitations, condolences on the death of uncle Édouard Houssaye's wife (1871), announcement of a conference on ancient and modern Japan,...

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Lot n° 7

Gaston CHAISSAC (1910-1964). L.A.S.,...

Gaston CHAISSAC (1910-1964). L.A.S., circa 1960; 1 1/2 pages in-4, in red ballpoint pen. He finds it difficult to work, but has ideas for new paintings. "Perhaps you'd like my fantasies that I sometimes do with rabbit hut boards. At the moment, I'm doing...

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Lot n° 8

Gaston CHAISSAC. L.A.S. to a friend,...

Gaston CHAISSAC. L.A.S. to a friend, with drawing on verso; 1 sheet in-8 lined paper (19.5 x 12 cm), framed. "Dear friend, among my stock of old works, the highlight is perhaps a good large gouache from 1938. Madame Albert Gleizes wanted me to make an...

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Lot n° 9

Giorgio De CHIRICO (1888-1978)....

Giorgio De CHIRICO (1888-1978). Autograph manuscript signed, Il monomaco parla, Florence April 1922; 20pages small in-4; in Italian. Important polemical text on painting. Long unpublished, it was collected in 1985 in Il meccanismo del pensiero (pp. 119-124),...

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Lot n° 10

Michel CIRY (1919-2018). 30 L.A.S.,...

Michel CIRY (1919-2018). 30 L.A.S., "La Bergerie" Varengeville 1971-1983, and 2postcards from Toledo and Venice, to Pierre Lhoste and his wife; 33 pages in-4, 25 envelopes. Friendly letters: annual greetings, Parisian appointments, invitations (in 1978...

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Lot n° 11

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863). L.A.S.,...

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863). L.A.S., September 1845?, to Count Albert Grzymala; 2 1/2 pages in-8, addressed. He returns from the waters as ill as he left... "I come back overwhelmed with work that I put aside to try to find a little health two hundred...

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Lot n° 12

Maurice DENIS (1870-1943). L.A.S.,...

Maurice DENIS (1870-1943). L.A.S., Saint-Germain-en-Laye August 8, 1892; 1 1/2 pages in-8. "You have kindly taken an interest in the works of the young idealistic painters who exhibit each year at the Pavillon de la Ville de Paris. You know MM. Bonnard,...

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Lot n° 13

Henri HARPIGNIES (1819-1916). Original...

Henri HARPIGNIES (1819-1916). Original wash drawing, signed and dated lower right "H. Harpignies. 92", with P.A.S. on the back; 8 x 10.5 cm. Pretty greetings card: landscape in wash; on the back, pencil note: "to Mr. Rabut my best memory this January...

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Lot n° 14

Julio Pagès LAPARRA (1914-1978)....

Julio Pagès LAPARRA (1914-1978). 25 original drawings, most signed, 1961-1962; on 17 in-4 sheets (approx. 32 x 25 cm). Drawings in pencil or ink. Portraits of Pierre and Monique Lhoste, Winston. Churchill, Pierre Humbourg, Charles Trenet, etc. Cyclists,...

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Lot n° 15

Henri LE SIDANER (1862-1939). 3...

Henri LE SIDANER (1862-1939). 3 L.A.S., 1927-1936, to his friend Albert Dubosq; 6pages various sizes, envelopes. Versailles 6.III.1927. He has been ill, but has been able to resume "the work, to have soon finished my paintings of Villefranche, part of...

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Lot n° 17

René MAGRITTE (1898-1967). 2 L.A.S....

René MAGRITTE (1898-1967). 2 L.A.S. (postcards), Nice June 7 and 15, 1961, to his friend André Bosmans; on the backs of illustrated cards (Gorges du Verdon and jardin fleuri de la Côte d'Azur), addresses. On the magazine Rhétorique edited by Bosmans,...

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Lot n° 18

Georges MATHIEU (1921-2012). 7...

Georges MATHIEU (1921-2012). 7 L.A.S., 1965-1973, to the Duchesse de Montesquiou (née Jacqueline Fenaille); 3 pages in-4 on her letterhead and 6 cards or postcards, one with an original drawing, 3 envelopes. Thanks and greetings. September 16, 1965: after...

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Lot n° 19

Henri MATISSE (1869-1954). L.A.S.,...

Henri MATISSE (1869-1954). L.A.S., Nice late 1940, to a friend; 2pages in-4 (small marginal repair). Fuel restrictions have forced him to "take the old Cimiez streetcar with all the inconveniences that entails. Otherwise I wouldn't have just taken two...

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Lot n° 20

Claude MONET (1840-1926). L.A.S.,...

Claude MONET (1840-1926). L.A.S., Giverny April 24, 1906, to Gustave Geffroy; 1 page and a quarter in-8 addressed to him, envelope. He is unable to come to Paris and must nurse a bad cold. He proposes to Geffroy that he come to Giverny on Thursday or...

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Lot n° 21

Claude MONET. L.A.S., Giverny May...

Claude MONET. L.A.S., Giverny May 30, 1917, to Sacha Guitry; 2pages in-8 addressed to him, in purple pencil. He won't be able to come to applaud him at the premiere of Un soir quand on est seul: "Think that in this weather I have to work, and harder than...

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Lot n° 22

Claude MONET. L.A.S., Giverny August...

Claude MONET. L.A.S., Giverny August 2, 1925, to Charlotte Lysès; 2 pages in-8 addressed to him, blue ink (small crack repaired). He is sorry to know she is ill and not to see her. "But as you know, I've finally got my eyesight back and resumed working...

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Lot n° 23

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898)....

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898). L.A.S., February 15, 1889, to Deban; 1page in-8 with his engraved cipher. "Came yesterday to take part in the banquet, I had to leave everything" for a sick friend. He sends his dues with his regrets for this se...

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Lot n° 24

Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919). L.A.S.,...

Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919). L.A.S., Essoyes August 30, 1917, to his son Jean Renoir, squadron second lieutenant, Secteur 77; on the back of an illustrated postcard (Essoyes. Rue de la Gare) with address. He receives her letters regularly. "I'm doing well...

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Lot n° 25

Auguste RODIN (1840-1917). L.A.S.,...

Auguste RODIN (1840-1917). L.A.S., 1913, to Robert de Montesquiou; 3pages in-8, small red Montesquiou stamp (small split at center fold). He thanks him for his letter "honoring me with the dedication you make to your book on the engraver Bresdin, this...

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Lot n° 26

Georges ROUAULT (1871-1958). L.A.S.,...

Georges ROUAULT (1871-1958). L.A.S., Friday, to Henri Lebasque; 1 1/2 pages in-8 on the letterhead of the Musée Gustave Moreau. There has been a misunderstanding about the date of his visit, but he will try to drop by tomorrow: "It's absolutely necessary...

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Lot n° 27

John Singer SARGENT (1856-1925)....

John Singer SARGENT (1856-1925). 3 L.A.S., London 1914-1915, to Léon Delafosse; 9pages in-8 at his London address 31 Tite Street, Chelsea, 2 envelopes. Correspondence to the pianist and composer whose portrait he painted (Seattle Art Museum). December...

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Lot n° 28

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)....

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901). Autograph manuscript with drawings, signed with his monogram, Lettre de Rotrou écrivant de Rouen, pour la première représentation du Cid, ca. 1875-1880; 2 pages small folio (30 x 20 cm; split and repairs to one edge). As...

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Lot n° 29

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. L.A.S....

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. L.A.S. "Harry", Saturday November 24, 1888, to his mother, Countess Adèle-Zoé de Toulouse-Lautrec; 3pages in-8. Lovely letter to his mother. "It is from my 24th birthday that I write to you my dear mother, thanking you first...

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Lot n° 30

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)....

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901). L.A.S., Paris April 3, 1896, to Lucien Mulhfeld; 1page in-12, address on back (letter-card). "I wish you with all my heart to remain in the happy sentiments of your very kind faire part"...

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Lot n° 31

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. L.A.S.;...

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. L.A.S.; 5 lines in black pencil on 1page small in-4 (tracing paper). "If your clicker can't make it, send him to Manzi in the morning with a note from you"; he adds, under a space left blank: "Here's the cliché".

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Lot n° 32

Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968). Graphite...

Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968). Graphite drawing, signed V.D.; on view 11.3 x 17.5 cm (framed). Reclining woman in swimsuit. Attached certificate from Mrs. Van Dongen (1969).

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Lot n° 33

André VILLEBOEUF (1893-1956). Autograph...

André VILLEBOEUF (1893-1956). Autograph manuscript signed, Papahouette, 1931; 53 pages in-4, mounted on tabs, bound in a volume of olive-green morocco with wide decorative band of tan morocco edged with gilded fillets on the boards and inside, mosaic...

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Lot n° 34

Jacques VILLON (1875-1963). L.A.S.,...

Jacques VILLON (1875-1963). L.A.S., Paris 1893; 1 page and a quarter in-8. Asks to be sent "an entrance card for the Incohérents ball to be held shortly"; he requests it "in the capacity of draftsman". He signs it "Jacques Villon de l'Étudiant"; and in...

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Lot n° 35

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT Hector...

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S., Vienna November 16, 1845, to Armand Bertin at Journal des Débats; 2pages in-4 (2 small traces of scotch tape). On the success of his concerts in Vienna. He asks him to announce to readers his...

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Lot n° 36

Sarah BERNHARDT (1862-1923). L.A.S.,...

Sarah BERNHARDT (1862-1923). L.A.S., 1878, to "Mon cher grand Maître"; 1page in-8 on Comédie Française letterhead (small accident). Recommends "Lucie Arsonval, a young and intelligent child who is about to take her exams", and asks you to "grant her all...

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Lot n° 37

Henry DECOIN (1890-1969) filmmaker....

Henry DECOIN (1890-1969) filmmaker. 4 L.A.S. and 5 L.S., Neuilly-sur-Seine March-July 1937, to Me Lévy-Oulman; 3 1/2 pages in-4 autograph and 4 1/2 pages in-4 typewritten. Dispute with the Théâtre de la Madeleine, which had staged his play Jeux dangereux....

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Lot n° 38

Marie DORVAL (1798-1849). L.A.S.,...

Marie DORVAL (1798-1849). L.A.S., Albi October 14, 1847, 1 page in-8 (tab on back). She thanks her correspondent for sending "this charming drawing by a great artist whose name I still only know. Certainly, nothing could be more pleasing to me than to...

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Lot n° 39

Georges ENESCO (1881-1955). 5 L.A.S.,...

Georges ENESCO (1881-1955). 5 L.A.S., Bucharest, January 1934-November 1935, to Yvonne Astruc and her husband Marcel Ciampi; 4 pages in-8. January 11, 1934. He begins the year under sad auspices, with the announced disappearance "of a deeply loved brother...it's...

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Lot n° 40

Lucien GUITRY (1860-1925). Photograph...

Lucien GUITRY (1860-1925). Photograph with autograph dedication, 1920; 21 x 15 cm mounted on card (33.5 x 24 cm on view; framed). Fine photograph by Charles Gerschel (signed by the photographer): the elderly actor in profile, wearing a cap. Dedication...

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Lot n° 41

Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950). L.A.S.,...

Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950). L.A.S., Villers-sur-mer January 3 1924, to flutist Louis Fleury; 2pages oblong in-4. He recalls "my days at the Conservatoire, when I held the timpani in orchestra class (215 bars to count in a 2/4 Mozart finale, it was no...

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Lot n° 42

Charles KOECHLIN. 4 L.A.S., ca....

Charles KOECHLIN. 4 L.A.S., ca. 1938-1946, to Yvonne Astruc; 4 oblong pages in-4 and in-8. Lovely correspondence from the composer to the violinist. Valmondois, Wednesday: "I don't know if you currently have the opportunity to play in a quartet, but...

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Lot n° 43

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959). L.A.S.,...

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959). L.A.S., Aix September 3, 1940, to Marcel Mihalovici; 1 1/2 pages in-4. He has begun work, and awaits his visit "with great pleasure and hope that you will enjoy it with us". He has received a letter from Harsanyi and has...

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Lot n° 44

MUSIC. 32 letters or pieces, mostly...

MUSIC. 32 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S. Émile R. Blanchet (musical p.a.s., 1916), Alfred Bruneau (7, including autogr. list of his works), Gustave Doret (dedication), Jean Fournet (8 l. to M. Mihalovici, 1964-1977), César Franck, Henri Gagnebin, Walter...

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Lot n° 45

Louis NIEDERMEYER (1802-1861)....

Louis NIEDERMEYER (1802-1861). L.A.S., Passy Sunday morning 1836, to tenor Adolphe Nourrit; 1page in-8, addressed. He postpones his visit to his "dear collaborator" until the next day, and is astonished to learn that Duponchel (director of the Opéra)...

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Lot n° 46

Édith PIAF (1915-1963). 6 photographs;...

Édith PIAF (1915-1963). 6 photographs; 18 x 13 cm. Piaf on stage, in the countryside, with Théo Sarapo; 3 are stamped on the back by photographer Hugues Vassal (plus one by the latter at a vernissage in Nice, and one by J. Médecin).

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Lot n° 47

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)....

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). L.A.S., to painter Paul Steck; 1page in-8 with his monogram in relief. "I have done what I can do, I dare not insist any longer... I will go and see on Saturday"...

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Lot n° 48

Marie TAGLIONI (1804-1884) dancer....

Marie TAGLIONI (1804-1884) dancer. L.A.S., La Florida Lake Como November 24, 1841, to her father; 4 pages in-8 with crowned arms. She wishes her father a happy birthday, and the Prince Alexandre Troubetskoï sends her his best wishes. The Prince returned...

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Lot n° 49

Fernand TRIGNOL (1896-1957). Autograph...

Fernand TRIGNOL (1896-1957). Autograph manuscript signed, Pantruche, ou les Mémoires d'un truand, 1946; 108pages in 5 small in-4 school notebooks. First version of the memoirs of this former hoodlum, actor and slang specialist. The book was published...

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Lot n° 50

LITERATURE Jean AJALBERT (1863-1947)....

LITERATURE Jean AJALBERT (1863-1947). 21 autograph manuscripts, 8 signed; approx. 150 fol. or in-4 pages. Important set of chronicles. Auvergne (7p.); Histoires auvergnates (6p.); Adieu le "Beauvais" (8p.); Au Musée de la France d'Outre-Mer (6p.); La...

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Lot n° 51

Émile Chartier dit ALAIN (1868-1951)....

Émile Chartier dit ALAIN (1868-1951). Autograph manuscript, De l'Amour et de la Foi, August 27, 1920; 3 pages in-8. "The type or model of all society is Maternity, for here egoism and altruism merge". Love itself is the sentiment that comes closest. "Motherhood...

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