BATAILLE Georges (1897-1962) Lot n° 16

Signed autograph letter addressed to Jean-Marie LO DUCA Les Sables-d'Olonne, 24 July 1954. 4 pages in-8 in brown ink on paper. Important autograph letter addressed to Jean- Marie Lo Duca, one of the founders of the Cahiers du Cinéma and a great specialist of eroticism, who actively participated in the realization of Bataille's book, Les Larmes d'Eros (Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1961). "[...] I was able to make a clarification of my plan and my words on possible illustration. In any case, I am only assured of photographs of the remarkable scenes from Resnais' films on Hiroshima, which will answer the conclusion of the book. Apart from photos of women, he has some admirable photos of obscure graffiti and from my last conversation with Pauvert, I have the impression that we could consider publishing [...] A first part on cruel Eros where I will talk about Gilles de Rais on whom I can give details, about Elisabeth Bathory whose crimes are no less frightening [...] The best title for my book now seems to me to be Eros' Tears [...]".