Paul valéry (1871-1945) Lot n° 378

Between Adrienne Monnier and Sylvia Beach at The Ulysses Dinner, 27 June 1929, a swim with Duhamel, a sunbath with Aldous Huxley and other pages of his photographic diary, 1920s-1930s Twelve (12) vintage snapshots, 80x80 to 138x98 mm, captioned by Paul Valery. "To celebrate the publication of the French translation of Ulysses, Adrienne Monnier organized a luncheon at the Léopold Restaurant in Les Vaux de Cernay, a small village near Versailles. The menu lists such delicacies as "Le Paté Léopold." Among the guests at Monnier's "Déjeuner Ulysse" were some of the most prominent figures in French literature at that time: Léon-Paul Fargue, Paul Valéry, Jules Romains, and Philippe Soupault. Also in attendance was Samuel Beckett; the rumor is that he got excessively drunk at lunch" (Univ. of Buffalo). (12)