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“Joséphin PELADAN – L'Initiation sentimentale et Stanislas de Guaita.” has been added to your cart.

Eugénie KRANTZ devastated by the death of Paul VERLAINE.
"What you do for me will give me the courage to work without having to...". 1.500€ Add to cart
Chateaubriand acknowledges his power and defends himself against accusations of superiority. 1824.
"It is very certain that I do not regret the power, but it is also certain...". Read more
CHATEAUBRIAND gives his support to "his old comrade-in-arms".
"I find it difficult to understand how what is right and honorable cannot be...". Read more
Chateaubriand renounces the presidency of the Society of Good Letters. 1826.
"Unfortunately, my other commitments prevented me from fulfilling the duties of President...". Read more
Kees VAN DONGEN – The exhibition of his paintings in Rotterdam. 1949.
"The director of the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam (Netherlands) would like to organize an exhibition...". 450€ Add to cart
Anatole France wants to recover his debt from Calmann-Lévy. 1898.
Engrossed in writing his Contemporary History, Anatole France sends a... Read more
Very rare manuscript by Claude CAHUN, "Sophie the Symbolist". Heroines.
"Before the age of five we had exhausted all the games of love: when we...". Read more
Samuel Beckett authorizes the adaptation of his play "Endgame". 1962.
"I gladly grant you the permissions you request. We will...". 900€ Add to cart
Raymond RADIGUET changes the title of his novel "The Devil in the Flesh".
"I believe I told you that Grasset asked me to change the title of my...". 4.500€ Add to cart
A poignant letter from René Char to Paul Éluard shortly before his death. 1952.
"This youthful revolt against injustice or fate returns to me because of...". 2.500€ Add to cart
Death and love, covered in poetry by the pen of Marcel Proust.
"And when I see disappearing in the bloom of youth, which had a fresh grace...". Read more
Tribute to José Maria de Heredia, by Camille Mauclair.
"I instantly loved this man, of whom I only knew a few groups of...". 450€ Add to cart
Marcel Proust's Stendhals and Chateaubriands.
"Here are the Stendhals. Thank you a thousand times for the Ste Beuves, but I'm doing precisely...". 3.500€ Add to cart
Marcel Proust – Letter to his friend Georges de Lauris.
"Your letter lifts an inevitable weight from my heart. Alas, I have others...". 3.600€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawing for the house of Chloé. #13
A magnificent study, for the House of Chloé, depicting a woman standing on one level, wearing... 6.500€ Add to cart
Abbé PIERRE – Autograph manuscript on God.
"God? The Eternal One…who is Love – Full Joy – Demanding everything. To recognize Him…". 950€ Add to cart
Marcel PROUST obsessed with Georges de Lauris. 1905.
"Tell me if you don't want anything, if you don't need any books, any...". 4.000€ Add to cart
Madame de La Fayette – Autographed receipt signed “De la Vergne”.
A rare and precious autograph document signed by Madame de La Fayette. 4.500€ Add to cart
Marie LAURENCIN – Set of 5 autographed signed letters.
A set of 5 autograph letters signed to Count François de Gouy d'Arcy... 750€ Add to cart
Claude Monet was delighted with the article published about his friend, the painter Whistler.
"This evocation of Whistler's nights is an exquisite discovery.". Read more
Francis Bacon refused to be classified among the expressionists.
“I do not think my painting is expressionist and I do not like expressionism. » ... Read more
Charles BAUDELAIRE gives news of DELACROIX and GAUTIER.
"It is claimed that Gautier will leave Le Moniteur and take up a position in...". Read more
Keith Haring and his sculptures at Heritage Park in Stamford.
Haring poses, transistor in hand, leaning against one of his two installed sculptures... 850€ Add to cart
René DESCARTES – Autograph letter signed, of the greatest rarity. 1643.
"Besides, I deeply regret having recently proposed the question of...". Read more
Salvador DALÍ – Autograph manuscript signed on his Genius.
"Since my early childhood I've played at wanting to be a genius, and I became one!...". Read more
Serge Gainsbourg – Rare autographed signed card. 1964.
"Happy New Year to little Sonia Gainsbourg"... 2.000€ Add to cart
Jean Paul BELMONDO – Original numbered photograph.
Original photograph. Jean-Paul Belmondo on the set of Pierrot le Fou in... 1.500€ Add to cart
Georges SIMENON – 5 original photographs.
5 original photographs with handwritten annotations. Moving snapshots, with... 450€ Add to cart
Joséphin PELADAN – L’Initiation sentimentale and Stanislas de Guaita.
Autographed letter signed to Gabriel Mourey. A beautiful letter from Peladan evoking the p... 850€ Add to cart
André BRETON and his friend Marcel DUCHAMP.
Autographed postcard signed to Jean Suquet. One page, octavo, on the back of a postcard... 1.500€ Add to cart
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE – “I owe everything to Thorwald Mikkelsen!”
"I owe everything to Thorwald Mikkelsen, including my life!". Read more
Arthur RIMBAUD organizes, in secret, his departure to Harar.
"I've made all the preparations to leave on the 'Tuna', which will arrive on Saturday [...] Useless...". 45.000€ Add to cart
Albert GLEIZES analyzes his artistic youth and his Cubist colleagues.
"Who now discusses the Impressionists, Van Gogh, Cézanne… etc.? Almost everyone…". 950€ Add to cart
Serge GAINSBOURG – Signed photo. “Woe to the beardless” – 1959.
Autographed card signed to his friend, the pianist Lucien Merer. Read more
Hans HARTUNG – Autographed postcard signed at the Descargues
"Dear Catherine and Pierre, we have been to Paris, I have tried several times...". 250€ Add to cart
Henry de Montherlant and his writings on d'Annunzio.
Signed letter to Guy Tosi. "I intend to include in my new Notebooks, at pa...". 150€ Add to cart
Gustave Flaubert marvels at the genius of La Fontaine and Hugo.
"Have you read The Legend of the Ages? It's so beautiful! I was absolutely blown away...". Read more
Original artwork. Oil on canvas. Victor Hugo and absinthe.
A charming still life depicting a work by Victor Hugo alongside a glass of... Read more
Renaud CAMUS – Autographed letter signed to Madeleine Chapsal.
Autographed letter signed to Madeleine Chapsal. "Meaning is what leaves us. ...". 350€ Add to cart
Patti Smith – Before Easter After. Signed copy & original photo.
One of 140 artist's proofs, signed by Patti Smith and Lynn Golds... Read more
Exceptional portrait of Victor Hugo on his deathbed, by Nadar.
Like other artists, painters, sculptors, Nadar went to Vict's bedside... Read more
Jacques BREL, in the Marquesas Islands, shortly before his death. May 1978.
A moving letter from Jacques Brel, one of the last sent from his homeland... Read more
Eugène BOUDIN – Original watercolor – Study of sky over the sea.
A magnificent study by the pre-Impressionist master, revealing his genius in painting the... Read more
Arthur RIMBAUD – Autograph manuscript signed. Harar, 1889.
"I received from Ato Tesamma, on behalf of Mr. Savouré, three hundred and thirty thalaris...". Read more
Lucien CLERGUE – Autographed letter signed.
Autographed letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. "J. Cocteau told me so...". 350€ Add to cart
Albert CAMUS – Original photograph. November 1945.
Vintage silver gelatin print taken by photographer Bernard Rouget in November... Read more
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawing for the House of Chloé. #26
A charming sketch of a trouser-jacket-belt outfit, titled "Student.". 3.500€ Add to cart
Karl Lagerfeld – Original drawings for the House of Chloé. #23
Magnificent studies of jackets, bustiers and wide-brimmed hats, for the House of Chloé, titled... 5.500€ Add to cart
Victor Hugo – Original photograph by Deplanque.
Original photograph. Vintage albumen print mounted on card, figurative... 450€ Add to cart
Lucien CLERGUE – “Photography must triumph…”
Autographed letter signed to Raymond Hoffsummer. "One must be wary of fame, ...". 450€ Add to cart
Alexandre DUMAS Fils identifies the signature of Count Dumas.
Autographed letter signed. Alexandre Dumas identifies the signature as that of Count Dumas... Read more
Georges MATHIEU – Autographed card signed.
I would like to draw your attention to my latest book, "The Response of Lyrical Abstraction"... 250€ Add to cart
André GIDE – Signed letter to the writer Louis-Raymond Lefèvre.
Signed letter to the writer Louis-Raymond Lefèvre. One page, quarto. Paris. June 26... 250€ Add to cart
Michel Houellebecq and "The Memory of the Sun"
Autographed letter signed to a reader. Beautiful letter from the French writer... Read more
Salvador DALI – Original signed drawing – “Hands and Sons”
Magnificent and rare surrealist drawing from DALI's early years, leaving no trace... Read more
Victor Hugo – Original signed drawing. – Landscape with a Castle
A splendid drawing suggesting a castle lost in the distance of a landscape... Read more
André MALRAUX sends his new work, La Création artistique.
"Understood: you will receive the Creation by Caulaincourt. I think I'll go home now...". Read more
André MALRAUX – Manuscript, first draft, for his novel, L'Espoir.
"On the walls and lowered shopfronts, the shadows advanced, leaning forward...". 950€ Add to cart
Salvador DALI – Original signed drawing for his Mystical Manifesto.
A surreal drawing by Dalí depicting two altars with atomic-themed decorations... Read more
René Magritte wrote to the collector Joseph Capel.
"I think I'll do another version of this painting...". 2.500€ Add to cart
Jean Cocteau announces "The Dinner of Heads", his show of imitations.
"My masterpiece, I must confess, will be Louis Armstrong's trumpet playing...". 1.800€ Add to cart
C215 – Serge Gainsbourg. Original stencil on a 500 franc note.
Serge Gainsbourg. Original stencil on an authentic 500-franc note... 1.500€ Add to cart
Paul Verlaine and his absinthe. Original photograph by Dornac.
Verlaine slumped on the banquette of the Café François Ier, his soul drunk and the... Read more
Charles Maurras – His entry into the French Academy.
Autographed letter signed to a colleague. A fine letter about the preparation of... 750€ Add to cart
Paul VERLAINE – Autograph letter and original drawing in his hand.
"You'll be nothing but an eggplant if you haven't seen Ponchon.". 1.800€ Add to cart
Xavier PRIVAS regrets not being able to celebrate the memory of VERLAINE.
"My wife and I had planned to attend the day in honor of...". 450€ Add to cart
MODIGLIANI Amedeo – Drugs and Montparnasse.
"I can only explain what happened by the mixing of poisons.". Read more
Camille CLAUDEL – Very rare autographed business card
A moving postcard from Camille, alone, fragile, and seeking protection. Read more
Edmond JALOUX pays homage to the greatness of CHATEAUBRIAND.
"Great French prose is that of Rabelais, Montaigne, Bossuet, and...". 750€ Add to cart
Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT and the dwellings of Mirabeau.
"I was at the Luxembourg Gardens again the day before yesterday morning without finding Mr. de Mirabeau.". 3.500€ Add to cart
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. #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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Francis Bacon – Bacon in My Mirror #12
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

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