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ART BRUT. LONNÉ Raphaël. 6 AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS...

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[ART BRUT]. LONNÉ Raphaël. 6 AUTOGRAPHIC LETTERS SIGNED to Doctor FERDIÈRE AND ONE ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED 1951-1980. 15 pages of different sizes, some envelopes and stained letters. After a seance, Raphaël Lonné made his first mediumistic drawing. Every night he drew drawings until Doctor Ferdiere noticed one of his drawings and showed it to Dubuffet. 500 works of Raphaël Lonné are kept at the Musée d'Art Brut in Lausanne. .... "Having personally no relation in the world of Arts, nor any means to judge or to use the mediumistic faculties which allow me to execute my drawings, it is to you that I entrust the care to make them known if possible to serve the artistic cause" ... A long poem of two pages appears in a letter... "There are heaps of these vile journalists Who in order to produce a great hoax Suddenly discover their talents as occultists Drag us in the mud of their duck pond". It is attached an original drawing in pencil dated 9-5-64 and signed in ink on the front by Raphael Lonné representative of the universe of the artist. A Rorschach test signed by Lonné is attached, as well as various exhibition cards.