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BATAILLE Georges (1897-1962)

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Autograph signed letter addressed to Joseph-Marie LO DUCA Fontenay, February 14, 1961. 2 pages in-8 in ballpoint pen on paper. Letter addressed to Lo Duca, director of the International Library of Erotology, in the framework of their collaboration for Bataille's book, Les Larmes d'Eros. "...as far as tortures are concerned, there is another book from the 17th century, similar in some respects to the one from which you have made reproductions for me...". A double pendant painting by Cranach can be found in the Dresden Art Gallery. I would like to see it. It's a Judith and Lucretia [...]".