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Francis Bacon – Original photograph of his legendary studio.
Silver gelatin print revealing the artist's legendary studio in Reece Mews, London... 650€ Add to cart
George Sand wishes to have Cadio's proofs sent to her.
"Please make a note of this so that Cadio's proofs can be sent to me.". 650€ Add to cart
COLETTE mourns the death of her friend and protector.
"It was last night that I learned of the terrible event (...) I never believed it...". 750€ Add to cart
Colette and her anxieties about the First World War.
"There, my dear friend, is what one uses a Jouvenel for - whom you know, I have not...". 650€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawing for the House of Chloé. #7
Felt-tip pens and pastel pencils on paper. Magnificent study of an evening gown for the... 8.500€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawing for the House of Chloé. #3
A stunning study of a jacket-shirt combination with handwritten annotations by Lagerfeld. 4.500€ Add to cart
C215 – Egon Schiele – Original signed stencil.
Original stencil signed on an authentic 1000 Austro-Hungarian crown banknote... 3.500€ Add to cart
André BRETON and the International Surrealist Exhibition, EROS.
A collection of 9 letters from painters and artists, invited to participate in the EROS exhibition... 2.500€ Add to cart
Paul Verlaine and the first poems of Fêtes Galantes.
"I am sending you a few verses which do not seem to me unworthy of the honors of...". 2.500€ Add to cart
Georges CLEMENCEAU – Autograph manuscript – Secularism and Dominicans.
Autograph manuscript of the article that appeared on the front page of L'Aurore on January 7, 1906. ... 1.800€ Add to cart
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The Time of Death”
Photomontage. The Doll in front of the painting "The Time of Death" Silver print... 4.800€ Add to cart
CALAFERTE Louis – Autographed letter signed.
Autographed letter signed. Calaferte gives a book to his dentist. 160€ Add to cart
René de OBALDIA – Autograph manuscript – And in the end was the bang.
"Do you think there's going to be a war?". 3.000€ Add to cart
René de OBALDIA – Autograph manuscript – Exobiography.
"When you think about it, our whole life is nothing but an act of faith.". 4.500€ Add to cart
Alix AYMÉ – Original drawing – Christ's entry into Jerusalem.
Alix AYMÉ (1894-1989) Original drawing – Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Ink by ... 3.500€ Add to cart
Jacques BREL – Original numbered photograph.
Superb photograph of Brel in Paris in February 1969, during the broadcast of Ai... 450€ Add to cart
Pierre MOLINIER – “Offertory” – Photomontage with a doll.
Original photograph. Offertory. Photomontage with a doll. Circa 1966. 6.500€ Add to cart
Romain GARY – Original numbered photograph.
An extraordinary and moving photograph of Romain Gary at home in 1971. 1.800€ Add to cart
NADAR sends his photographs to one of his friends.
"I am therefore sending you a letter that I don't have time to write, given the urgency of your matter...". 450€ Add to cart
Sacha GUITRY organizes a dinner with a countess during his travels.
"Lunch: alas, impossible – but would you do us the favor of coming to dinner...". Read more
Tsugouharu FOUJITA – Autographed letter signed.
"I received your very kind letter, which gave me great pleasure. In general...". 350€ Add to cart
André MALRAUX sent Franz HELLENS' manuscript to Grasset.
"I received your manuscript, I read it and took it to Grasset.". 550€ Add to cart
The Marquise de Sade and her husband imprisoned in Vincennes.
Autographed document signed to his mother, the president of Montreuil. A moving acknowledgment... Read more
NADAR – Autograph manuscript signed. Nadar's cigarette butts.
"Two kinds of people may not feel offended. Some because they are...". 450€ Add to cart
Jean Cocteau despairing of Mireille Havet's descent into hell.
"Poor Mireille? What to do? I begged Misia to go to Rue R. I sent...". 1.400€ Add to cart
Camille SAINT-SAËNS judged the artists of the beginning of the century harshly.
"The only one with great talent is d'Indy, but he lacks natural ability and his...". 950€ Add to cart
Jean Cocteau and the immorality of children's songs.
"The 'Pink Library' has worried mothers ever since Freud.". 550€ Add to cart
Coco Chanel refused to be awarded the Legion of Honour.
"The ribbon isn't meant for good merchants, and in the end, I'm just...". Read more
André Breton – “The Cursed Novelist. Georges Darien”
Autograph manuscript signed – “The Cursed Novelist. Georges Darien” Remarkable ... 4.500€ Add to cart
HEREDIA delivers his autobiography of the mountains of Cuba to the Parisian literary circle.
"I was born on November 22, 1842, on a coffee plantation called La Fortuna in the mountains...". 1.400€ Add to cart
Edgar Degas mourns the loss of his sister Marguerite.
"I am a confirmed bachelor, and the loss of children troubles me singularly...". 2.800€ Add to cart
Salvador DALI admires a bust of himself.
A magnificent photograph by Robert Descharnes, Dalí's secretary and friend. 1.500€ Add to cart
Serge GAINSBOURG – Autograph manuscript of an unpublished song.
"All I know today / Is that it's the end / It's blackjack or...". 15.000€ Add to cart
Georges MATHIEU – Autograph letter signed to René Cornaud.
"What impressed me most about your recent activities is the quality of...". 280€ Add to cart
Man RAY – Autographed letter signed to H. Parisot.
"I didn't have time to sort through all my negatives, so I didn't find the photo...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Fernand LEGER in his studio – Original photograph.
"Here is the last photograph of the great painter Fernand Léger in his studio...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Thomas MANN entrusts the translation of "Tristan" and "Disorder".
"I leave you with 'Disorder' and 'Tristan' as well as Liebermann's engraving...". 1.700€ Add to cart
Thomas MANN is organizing the translation of his books into French.
"I would be grateful if you could tell me your impressions on...". Read more
Gabriel MATZNEFF – The Under Sixteens and B. PIVOT.
Letter signed to Alfred Eibel. Matzneff appears on Bernard Pivot's show to... 950€ Add to cart
Ljubica SOKIC – Correspondence of 200 illustrated letters.
"I will work—I will work all the time.". 95.000€ Add to cart
Boris Vian – Autographed letter signed to Roger Vincent. Music.
Autographed letter signed to Roger Vincent. A very interesting document from Vian... 1.800€ Add to cart
Renaud CAMUS – Autographed letter signed to Madeleine Chapsal.
These joys that are no more must be written down. 350€ Add to cart
Raoul DUFY – “I’m quite tired of the work I’ve done again.”
"I'm quite tired of the work I've done again this year.". 850€ Add to cart
Gabriel MATZNEFF – Manuscript – The Three Little Pigs.
Autograph manuscript signed – The Three Little Pigs. Rich manuscript within... 3.500€ Add to cart
Camille CLAUDEL – “The desire to get to the heart of things.”
Autographed letter signed to Judith Cladel. Precious letter from Camille Claudel... Read more
Eugène DELACROIX – Autographed letter signed.
"All that remains for me is to hope that the public sees me with the same eyes as you...". 1.500€ Add to cart
Jacques Dutronc on Serge Gainsbourg.
"Serge? He had the know-how… and of course, he knew how to make it known. Etc. Jacques D. ...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Serge Gainsbourg – Original photograph. Circa 1970.
A bust portrait of Serge Gainsbourg, smoking a Gitane cigarette. 650€ Add to cart
Jacques DUTRONC – It is five o'clock, Paris is waking up.
"I am the dolphin of the Place Dauphine, and the Place Blanche looks unwell…". 2.500€ Add to cart
Alphonse DAUDET writes to his old friend Abdelkader.
"I burn papers, like proofs; the great end-of-year clean-up...". 300€ Read more
Paul VERLAINE – Photograph for his application to the Academy.
Original photograph of the poet by Otto. Very rare snapshot of Verlaine, of a professor... Read more
Georges MATHIEU – Autograph letter signed to René Cornaud.
Georges Mathieu as critic and artistic advisor. ... 250€ Add to cart
Serge Gainsbourg – Ecce Homo – Signed Ginzburg. Ecce Homo.
"Ugliness has this advantage over beauty: it lasts.". Read more
Serge Gainsbourg and Screamin Jay Hawkins in the street, in Paris.
Silver gelatin print depicting Gainsbourg and Screamin' Jay Hawkins in the street, in Pa... 750€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand – Autographed letter signed. 1939.
"And we shaped the future according to our will." ... 1.300€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand – War Letter. 1940.
"How sad it would be if Germany were to prevail over us; we, the civilized ones...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original sketch of an evening gown. #5
A magnificent study, for the House of Chloé, depicting a woman standing on one level, wearing... 8.500€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawing. Felt-tip pens and pastels on paper. #11
Superb study, for the House of Chloé, depicting a woman full-length, wearing a... 8.500€ Add to cart
Francis Bacon – Bacon in my mirror #2
Collector's silver gelatin print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. 1.800€ Add to cart
Francis Bacon – Bacon in My Mirror #12
Collector's silver gelatin print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. 1.800€ Add to cart
Francis Bacon – Bacon in my mirror #3
Collector's silver gelatin print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. 1.800€ Add to cart
Salvador DALI – Original signed drawing – “Homage to Rafael – 1947”
Shakespeare, Macbeth, illustrated by Salvador Dalí. Extraordinary exemplary ... Read more
Jules Verne and his 1884 voyage to the Mediterranean.
Autographed letter signed to his friend Robert Godefroy. A superb letter from the writer... Read more
Frédéric BARTHOLDI draws his Statue of Liberty.
Autograph letter signed. Extraordinary document by Bartholdi drawing at the... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Philips card with autograph signature.
Signed item. Promotional card, published by Philips, featuring Serge Ga... Read more
Juan GRIS – Autographed letter signed to the art dealer Rosenberg.
Autographed letter signed to the art dealer Léonce Rosenberg. A very beautiful letter... Read more
Michel HOUELLEBECQ – Autographed aphorism.
Houellebecq here offers an aphorism from his work Platform, published in 200... Read more
Jean-Baptiste SÉCHERET – Original signed work. The Pierre, New York.
Original signed artwork. The Pierre, New York. Pastel on paper, signed Jean-Baptiste... Read more
André Breton criticizes the exhibition on Cubism.
Autograph manuscript signed - Mr. DORIVAL, WE'RE GETTING A BEAUTY! Breton castigates... Read more
(RIMBAUD) – Vitalie RIMBAUD – Her first communion certificate.
A precious Rimbaud relic. Vitalie's First Communion certificate... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Contract signed for the song “Vidocq”.
Valuable document transferring rights to the publication of the original music of ... Read more
William BOUGUEREAU – Autographed letter signed.
Autographed letter signed. "You would be like me, grieving the death of our ex...". Read more
Nicolas de Staël – “Going to the very end of oneself”
A moving photographic print revealing an "i" in the white margin... Read more
Karl Lagerfeld – Original signed drawing. Self-portrait.
Original signed drawing. Self-portrait. Precious drawing created for the launch... Read more
FOUJITA – Original signed drawing – Woman with an amphora.
A magnificent preparatory study for The Enchanted River, a work illustrated by Fo... Read more
Joséphin PELADAN – Unguibus and Morsu
"I will proceed impassively towards the common ideal goal.". Read more
Nicolas de Staël – Original signed work – Landscape, 1952.
Original signed work - Landscape, 1952. Extraordinary work, in spectacular format... Read more
Salvador Dalí – Original Signed Drawing – Self-Portrait – Camouflage
Original signed drawing - Camouflage - Self-portrait - Garcia Lorca. Signed five times... Read more
Shortly before his death, Marcel Proust was no longer able to read or write. 1922.
"Unable to read, write, or speak […] I was unable to correct the proofs of…". Read more
Georges Brassens – Original autographed photograph.
Magnificent vintage silver gelatin print depicting Brassens, smiling, playing... Read more
Juliette DROUET – Autograph letter to Victor Hugo with Hugo's relic
Autograph letter to Victor Hugo. A beautiful letter from Drouet, sad, and thankful... Read more
Gustave CAILLEBOTTE – Autographed letter signed to Claude Monet.
Autographed letter signed to Claude Monet. Gustave Caillebotte declines a request for help... Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed artwork.
Civil Disobedience – 2019. Original and unique artwork. Stencil, spray paint... Read more
C215 – Serge Gainsbourg – Original stencil on a 500 franc note.
Christian GUEMY – C215 – French artist born in 1973, Serge Gainsbourg... Read more
André BRETON approached Ferdinand Alquié and mentioned Jacques LACAN.
"I finally agreed to take on, in collaboration with Vaillant-Couturier, the...". Read more
Eugène CARRIERE was sorry not to be able to see RODIN and MIRBEAU.
"I would have been there with two friends I'm particularly fond of, Rodin and...". Read more
Rare original manuscript (13 pp.) by Françoise SAGAN – “Le Gigolo. »
"A weary woman who was walking in the woods without any real pleasure, simply p...". Read more
Joan MIRÓ entrusted his works to André BRETON for EROS.
Autographed letter signed to André Breton. A beautiful and long letter from Miró, full of enthusiasm... Read more
Nicolas de Staël – Original photograph signed by Denise Colomb.
Original photograph signed by Denise Colomb. Vintage silver gelatin print. 19... Read more
George Sand – Autograph letter signed to Victor Hugo. Les Misérables.
Autographed letter signed to Victor Hugo. George Sand marvels at the power... Read more
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – Original photograph. London 1970.
Vintage silver gelatin print depicting the couple embracing. Read more
Louis-Ferdinand Céline about to move to Meudon. 1951.
"As for Féerie, which is supposed to bail me out, I'm getting my thousandth migraine there... 10,000 euros...". Read more
Kees VAN DONGEN – Signed plaque from his exhibition in Paris in 1952.
Exhibition catalogue for the Van Dongen exhibition held at the Paul Pét gallery... Read more
Salvador DALÍ – Exquisite Corpse illustrated with five original drawings. c. 1940.
"Venus Wysky 3 Ginfis Pie de porc gratine Girafe explosive La cadavre exquis" ... Read more
Honoré de Balzac is working on his work "The Human Comedy".
"The eleven volumes published will be the first eleven of The Human Comedy"... Read more
André Gide wrote to Paul Claudel about his enthusiasm for "Protée".
"Gallimard had just received Protée… I couldn't resist my impatient desire…". Read more
Auguste Rodin is delighted that his "Thinker" is joining the Pantheon.
"I am writing to thank you for agreeing to have your name included on the committee...". Read more
A perplexing manuscript by Antonin Artaud on the vitalities of the human body.
"Virility is disrupted: the patient either gets too much or no erection at all. All of this...". Read more
Charles BAUDELAIRE – Autograph letter signed to Poulet Malassis.
Beautiful letter about the printing of Artificial Paradises and the second edition of The Fle... Read more
SADE writes to his wife from his prison cell in Vincennes.
"For God's sake, let me breathe for at least fifteen days, without overwhelming me like...". Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The Child Man”.
An extraordinary photomontage – one of Molinier's masterpieces – composed of the vi ... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage. “The doll – the games”.
A very beautiful print consisting of the doll's head mounted on the artist's bust... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “Effigy 1”.
Vintage silver gelatin print. Plate 3 from The Shaman and His Creatures. Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The Games”.
Vintage silver gelatin print. Circa 1965. Plate 28 from The Shaman and His Creatures... Read more
Rare early letter from Louis-Ferdinand Céline in Cameroon. 1916.
"Dear Parents, I am sending my mail via a black mail carrier to Cribi – so that my letters...". Read more
Roger CAILLOIS informs BRETON of his break with the surrealists.
"If surrealism can encompass such an attitude alongside others so radical...". Read more
Édouard VUILLARD – Autographed letter signed to Léo Marchand.
The Nabis painter is preparing to rent his apartment in Vaucresson to his friend. Read more
Antonin ARTAUD and the feminine face of a character from the Marquis de SADE.
"I'd like to introduce you to a very pretty person who, I think, has the face of a...". Read more
Paul ELUARD writes to Jean COCTEAU about Beauty and the Beast.
"I highly recommend Raïnof Boyan, a Bulgarian artist, who has created some very beautiful drawings...". Read more
Jean Cocteau – Beautiful illustrated letter to Jean Marais – Christmas 1942.
"We will stay, talking about you and waiting for you. It's like all the holidays, the p...". Read more
YVES SAINT LAURENT – Original drawing for YSL. Jacket study.
A magnificent study depicting a full-length portrait of a woman wearing a skirt and cardigan... Read more
Marcel PROUST evokes the memory and pain of BAUDELAIRE.
"Sometimes we suddenly start to resemble those we mourn, and...". Read more
A photograph of Mme de Lauris discovered by Marcel Proust.
"I will not forget the kindness you showed in letting me see your father and...". Read more
Max JACOB – Autograph poem: “The Poet in the City” – [1932]
"Pain follows like a shadow / We don't always think about it / The mind arises from...". Read more
The agonies of artistic creation according to Françoise HARDY.
"I need to try writing song lyrics myself again and that's making me...". Read more
The tulips and COLETTE's pointed snout.
"How I enjoyed the pointed tips of these tulips! They're still so...". Read more
Francis Bacon in Paris – Original photograph.
Vintage silver gelatin print (probably unique) depicting Bacon immersed in his... Read more
Jean Cocteau – Original drawing signed to the poet Christian Gali. 1963.
A beautiful dedication to his friend, the poet Christian Gali, on the title page of his... Read more
Emil Cioran develops the concept of the disillusioned man.
"Everything has not meaning, but a semblance of meaning.". Read more
Jules Verne is worried about his "Around the World in 80 Days".
"I saw in some newspapers that the resumption of the Tour du Monde race had gone well. ...". Read more
FOUJITA – Original signed drawing – Harlequins.
Black ink and blue pen on paper. Signed in the lower margin. Read more
Auguste Rodin – The Age of Bronze – Autographed photograph.
One of the sculptor's most famous works, created at the dawn of his career: ... Read more
Marcel Proust describes the charms of Brittany to Georges de Lauris.
"I hope that Brittany will stir within you the noble and charming chords that...". Read more
PICASSO, ARAGON, ELUARD, CURIE dedicate the menu for the Peace Dinner.
Magnificent signing sessions with the biggest names in the art movement... Read more
Gabrièle BUFFET-PICABIA and her American affairs.
Autographed letter signed. "Dr. X has withdrawn his complaint and is asking me...". Read more
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY presents his first work to Mr. Schlesinger.
"Quartet for piano, violin, (...) by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Work...". Read more
Madame de MAINTENON and her memory of the house of Saint-Cyr.
"These examples should make us tremble because we see in everything that the poor...". Read more
Tsugouharu FOUJITA – Original signed photograph.
A precious photograph signed by the painter in both Japanese and French... Read more
Sonia DELAUNAY, taking refuge in her memories and in her art.
"Luckily I have my painting - it's my poetry, my language...". Read more
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE – Autograph working manuscript, first draft.
"Tile ironwork covers the ramparts and extends to the moat... Guard posts...". Read more
André GIDE – Literary correspondence of 8 letters to his friend.
"Your example hardly encourages me to go further south up the Nile. I'll just...". Read more
Camille SAINT-SAËNS sends an original drawing by Henri Chapu.
A charming letter from the composer, enhanced with an original drawing by Henri Chapu. Read more
Juliette DROUET – Autograph letter to Victor HUGO.
Juliette recounts her day—and her love—to her lover, Victor Hugo. Read more
Juliette DROUET writes to Victor HUGO about Napoleon III.
"I would give anything in the world for our poor country to emerge from this with honor...". Read more
Alphonse de LAMARTINE launches the publication of his complete works.
"I received in cash and in advance the sum of 300 francs for the price of my works...". Read more
Alfred Sisley authenticates his paintings sold in Paris.
"The two paintings you described so perfectly are indeed mine.". Read more
René Magritte demonstrates his disdain for religious paintings.
"Regarding the so-called religious painting you mentioned, I cannot...". Read more
Jacques MAJORELLE on a grand tour to the Algerian oases.
"Under the palm trees of this renowned oasis, though less beautiful than those of southern Morocco...". Read more
Paul Verlaine – Autographed Poem Signed – Elegies X1
"After all, let us be led by the blade. It is gentle, it is strong, ...". Read more
Edmond Rostand authorizes the publication of his poetry.
"I would be happy to see my poetry included in the directory, as you wish...". Read more
HERGÉ – Flight 714 to Sydney, Sunflower and the plaster gag.
"Flight 714 to Sydney doesn't seem to have been what you'd call a discount...". Read more
Johan Barthold JONGKIND – The Dutch master absorbed by his painting.
"I did some drawings near Nevers, where I plan to return to do more...". Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed artwork – Patti SMITH.
Mixed media. Patti Smith – 2012. Screen printing, stencil, spray paint and... Read more
Georges Brassens – Manuscript – “Elegy for a cellar rat”.
"Brilliant tomorrows for you, dancing days, where there is no God." ... Read more
Jean Cocteau – Original signed drawing – The Terrible Parents.
A beautiful drawing by Cocteau, done in colored pencils for the illustration... Read more
Victor Hugo and the baptism of little Georges.
"Hauteville-House and work are less cheerful; but that is duty.". Read more
Somerset MAUGHAM and the theatrical desires of the Princess of Monaco.
“I must be frank with you: I can be of no use to you. » ... Read more
Jean Cocteau – Poem in homage to Charles Ferdinand Ramuz.
"Of the devil and the little devils / Ramuz knows the car / Blood red is his p...". Read more
The Confessions of Paul Verlaine a few days before his death.
"I have reflected on your proposals concerning the second part of my Confessions...". Read more
Salvador DALI wishes to present these new paintings.
"I would be very happy if this time I can show you the new paintings...". Read more
George Sand was dismayed by the bloody days of June 1848.
"Let us think of our children who would become demoralized if we lost hope and...". Read more
Marcel DUCHAMP offers his ready-mades to André BRETON
A set of two autograph letters signed to André Breton. A wonderful encounter... Read more

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