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Frédéric BARTHOLDI draws his Statue of Liberty.
Signed autograph letter. Extraordinary document by Bartholdi drawing in p... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Philips card with autograph signature.
Signed piece. Promotional card, published by Philips, with the image of Serge Ga... Read more
Juan GRIS – Autograph letter signed to the art dealer Rosenberg.
Autograph letter signed to the art dealer Léonce Rosenberg. Very nice letter... Read more
Michel HOUELLEBECQ – Signed autograph aphorism.
Houellebecq delivers here an aphorism from his work Plateforme, published in 200... Read more
Jean-Baptiste SÉCHERET – Original signed work. The Pierre, New York.
Original signed work. The Pierre, New York. Pastel on paper, signed Jean-Bap... Read more
André BRETON criticizes the exhibition on Cubism.
Autograph manuscript signed - M. DORIVAL WE LOVE IT! Breton castigates... Read more
(RIMBAUD) – Vitalie RIMBAUD – Her first communion certificate.
Precious Rimbaldian relic. Vitalie's first communion certificate... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Contract signed for the song “Vidocq”.
Precious document of transfer of rights on the edition of the original music of ... Read more
William BOUGUEREAU – Signed autograph letter.
Signed autograph letter. "You would be like me, grieved by the death of our ex... Read more
Nicolas de STAËL – “Go to the end of yourself”
Moving photographic print revealing in the white margin an i ... 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 amphora.
Magnificent preparatory study for La Rivière enchantée, work illustrated by Fo ... Read more
Joséphin PELADAN – Unguibus and Morsu
“I go impassively to 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 f... Read more
Shortly before his death, Marcel PROUST was no longer able to read or write. 1922.
“Incapable of reading, writing, speaking […] I was unable to correct the tests of... Read more
Georges BRASSENS – Original autographed photograph.
Magnificent vintage silver print depicting Brassens, smiling, playing ... Read more
Juliette DROUET – Autograph letter to Victor HUGO with relic of Hugo
Autograph letter to Victor HUGO. Beautiful letter from Drouet, sad, and thanking... Read more
Gustave CAILLEBOTTE – Autograph letter signed to Claude Monet.
Autograph letter signed to Claude Monet. Gustave Caillebotte declines assistance f... Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed work.
Civil Disobedience – 2019. Original and unique work. Stencil, spray paint... Read more
C215 – Serge Gainsbourg – Original stencil on a 500 franc note.
Christian GUEMY – C215 – French artist born in 1973 Serge Gainsbour ... Read more
André BRETON asks Ferdinand Alquié and mentions Jacques LACAN.
“I ended up agreeing to take on the responsibility in collaboration with Vaillant-Couturier ... Read more
Eugène CARRIERE sorry not to be able to see RODIN and MIRBEAU.
“I would have been there with two friends that I particularly like, Rodin and ... Read more
Rare original manuscript (13 pp.) by Françoise SAGAN – “Le Gigolo. »
“A weary woman who walked in the woods without real pleasure, just p... Read more
Joan MIRÓ entrusts her works to André BRETON for EROS.
Autograph letter signed to André Breton. Beautiful and long letter from Miró enthusiastic... Read more
Nicolas de STAEL – Original photograph signed by Denise Colomb.
Original photograph signed by Denise Colomb. Vintage silver print. 19... Read more
George SAND – Autograph letter signed to V. HUGO. Wretched.
Autograph letter signed to Victor Hugo. George Sand marvels at the power ... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG & Jane BIRKIN – Original photograph. London 1970.
Vintage silver print showing the embracing couple. ... Read more
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE about to move to Meudon. 1951.
“As for Féerie who has to bail me out, I'm paying for my thousandth migraine... 10,000th... Read more
Kees VAN DONGEN – Signed brochure from his exhibition in Paris in 1952.
Catalog leaflet of the Van Dongen exhibition held at the Paul Pét gallery... Read more
Salvador DALÍ – Exquisite corpse illustrated with five original drawings. vs. 1940.
"venus wysky 3 ginfis Pork pie gratin Explosive giraffe The exquisite corpse" ... Read more
Honoré de BALZAC works on his work “The Human Comedy”.
“The eleven volumes published will be the first eleven of La Comédie humaine” ... Read more
André GIDE wrote to Paul CLAUDEL about his enthusiasm for “Protée”.
“Gallimard had just received Protée... I could not resist my impatient desire... Read more
Auguste Rodin is delighted that his “Thinker” is joining the Pantheon.
"I come to thank you for having wanted your name to be on the committee that ... Read more
Confusing manuscript by Antonin Artaud on the vitalities of the human body.
“The virility is disordered: the patient is too hard or no longer hard. All this co... Read more
Charles BAUDELAIRE – Autograph letter signed to Poulet Malassis.
Beautiful letter on the circulation of Paradis Artificiels and the second edition of Fle... Read more
SADE writes to his wife from his prison in Vincennes.
"Let me breathe in the name of God for at least fifteen days, without overwhelming me like... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The Man Child”.
Extraordinary photomontage – one of Molinier’s masterpieces – composed of the vi ... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage. “The doll – the games”.
Very beautiful print composed of the head of the doll mounted on the bust of the artist ... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “Effigy 1”.
Period silver print. Plate 3 of the Shaman and his Creatures. ... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The games”.
Period silver print. Circa 1965. Plate 28 of The Shaman and his Creatures... Read more
Rare letter from Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE's youth in Cameroon. 1916.
"Dear Parents, I send my mail by a black man 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 – Autograph 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 female face of a character from the Marquis de SADE.
"I will introduce you to a very pretty person in whom I find the head of a ... Read more
Paul ELUARD writes to Jean COCTEAU on Beauty and the Beast.
"I highly recommend Raïnof Boyan, Bulgarian, who made 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 every party, the p ... Read more
YVES SAINT LAURENT – Original design for YSL. Jacket study.
Magnificent study depicting a full-length woman dressed in a skirt and a cardigan ... Read more
Marcel PROUST summons the memory and pain of BAUDELAIRE.
“It sometimes happens that we suddenly begin to resemble those we are mourning, and ... Read more
A photograph of Mme de Lauris discovered by Marcel PROUST.
"I will not forget the kindness you showed in showing me 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 spirit arises from... Read more
The pangs of artistic creation according to Françoise HARDY.
"I have to try writing song lyrics again myself and that m... Read more
COLETTE’s tulips and pointed snout.
"How much pleasure I had at the pointy snouts of these tulips! They are still well... Read more
Francis BACON in Paris – Original photograph.
Vintage silver print (probably unique) depicting Bacon immersed in his ... Read more
Jean COCTEAU – Original drawing signed by the poet Christian Gali. 1963.
Magnificent dedication to his poet friend Christian Gali, on the title page of his ... Read more
Emil CIORAN develops the concept of the undeceived man.
“Everything has not a meaning but a simulacrum of meaning. » ... Read more
Jules Verne is worried about his “Around the World in 80 Days”.
“I saw from a few newspapers that the resumption of the World Tour had been good. ... 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 Brass – Autographed photograph.
One of the sculptor's most famous works, produced at the dawn of his career: ... Read more
Marcel PROUST describes the charms of Brittany to Georges de Lauris.
"I hope that Brittany will vibrate in you the noble, charming strings that ... Read more
PICASSO, ARAGON, ELUARD, CURIE sign the menu of the Peace dinner.
Magnificent meeting of signatures of the biggest names in artistic movements... Read more
Gabrièle BUFFET-PICABIA and her American business.
Signed autograph letter. "Doctor X has withdrawn his complaint and is asking me alone... Read more
Félix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY presents his first work to Mr. Schlesinger.
"Quartet for pianoforte, violin, (...) by Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Oe... Read more
Madame de MAINTENON and her memory of the house of Saint-Cyr.
“These examples must make us tremble because we see in everything that the poor ... Read more
Tsugouharu FOUJITA – Original signed photograph.
Precious photograph signed by the painter both in Japanese and French... Read more
Sonia DELAUNAY takes refuge in her memories and in her art.
“Luckily I have my painting - it’s my poetry, my language…” ... Read more
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE – Working autograph manuscript, first draft.
"Tiles with fittings full of the parapet paths and up to the moat...Guesthouses of gu... Read more
André GIDE – Literary correspondence of 8 letters to his friend.
"Your example hardly encourages me to go up the Nile further south. I am content... Read more
Camille SAINT-SAËNS sends an original drawing by Henri Chapu.
Charming letter from the composer enriched with an original drawing by Henri Chapu. ... Read more
Juliette DROUET – Autograph letter to Victor HUGO.
Juliette reports on her day - and her love - to her lover Victor Hugo. ... Read more
Juliette DROUET writes to Victor HUGO about Napoleon III.
“I would give everything in the world so that our poor country comes out of 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 f. for the price of my works... Read more
Alfred SISLEY authenticates his paintings sold in Paris.
“The 2 paintings that you describe to me perfectly are definitely mine.” ... Read more
René MAGRITTE demonstrates his disdain for religious paintings.
"Regarding the so-called religious painting that you spoke to me about, I cannot... Read more
Jacques MAJORELLE on a big trip to the Algerian oases.
“Under the palms of this famous oasis but less beautiful than those of southern Morocco... Read more
Paul VERLAINE – Signed autograph poem – Elegies X1
"After all, let us let ourselves be carried around by the blade. It is gentle, it is strong,... Read more
Edmond ROSTAND authorizes the publication of his poetry.
"I will be happy to see, according to your desire, my poetry included in the directory... Read more
HERGÉ – Flight 714 to Sydney, SUNFLOWER and the plaster gag.
"Flight 714 to Sydney, doesn't seem to me to have been what you call a discount... Read more
Johan Barthold JONGKIND – The Dutch master monopolized by his painting.
“I made some drawings near Nevers where I plan to return to fa... Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed work – Patti SMITH.
Technique Mixte. Patti Smith – 2012. Silkscreen, stencil, spray paint and c... Read more
Georges BRASSENS – Manuscript – “Elegy for a cellar rat”.
“Brilliant for you tomorrows that dance Or there is no good God.” ... Read more
Jean COCTEAU – Original signed drawing – Les Parents terribles.
Very beautiful drawing by Cocteau made with 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 the 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 devilrets / 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 relating to my second part of my Confes... 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 laments 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
Set of two autograph letters signed to André Breton. Great meeting... Read more
André LHOTE – Original signed watercolor – Northern City, Bruges.
Magnificent view of a Bruges canal, in tawny colors, created by the artist ... Read more
Guy de MAUPASSANT and the death of George SAND.
"On returning from a sea voyage, I found in Cannes the letter which taught me the gr... Read more
Original announcement announcing the death of Jules VERNE.
Suffering from severe diabetes during the last years of his life, Jules Ver... Read more
Jacques Prévert sketches, with poetry, the rain.
Extraordinary graphic work by Prévert sketching with a few strokes of the pen... Read more
Yves SAINT-LAURENT – Original drawing.
Rare sketch depicting two women in costume for the play Cher Menteur. ... Read more
Antonin ARTAUD wants to escape to the south.
"Don't trust all the false initial rumors that would be reported to you j... Read more
Eugène DELACROIX photographed by Félix NADAR.
Delacroix with his hand in his gabardine. Only known portrait of Delacroix by Nadar. ... Read more
Claude MONET wants to use his car to transport his paintings.
"It's for an old car which is essential to us for commissions... Read more
Jane BIRKIN – Original signed drawing – Self-portrait.
"This is as best as I could do before the concert at Bordeaux… a bit flattering, ... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Signed typewritten manuscript – Flashback.
"I returned to my street - Under the gray sky of my youth - Where the walls... Read more
Abraham-Louis BREGUET – Autograph manuscript signed to the Duke of Chartres.
"I received as balance of all accounts from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris c... Read more
Maurice UTRILLO – Autograph letter signed on his art.
“It remains for me to thank you very much for everything you have written so well... Read more
Victor HUGO. The recovery of Hernani and the Universal Exhibition of 1867.
"There are good old memories between us, sweet like our youth, charming... Read more
The Marquis de SADE, imprisoned, makes his list of commissions.
"Twenty or thirty volumes because I am absolutely lacking and very short of ... Read more
Albert CAMUS, in convalescence, takes on his role as literary mentor.
"I took great pleasure in reading your book. There is in it, under a ... Read more
Marcel PROUST sends his best wishes in memory of the death of Paul Hervieu.
“An autumn rose is more exquisite than any other” ... Read more
Long and beautiful letter from Edgar DEGAS about his family in Buenos Aires.
"I always feel with emotion that you have kept something faithful and... Read more
Rare letter from Abraham-Louis BREGUET, father of modern watchmaking.
“Here is the invoice for the works which are my masterpieces (...) it is the work ... Read more
Raymond RADIGUET – Signed autograph poem – Cheeks on fire.
Signed autograph poem. Magnificent and precious poetic manuscript, first... Read more
Léopoldine HUGO and the representation of the Burgraves.
Rare and moving letter from Léopoldine Hugo - one of the last of her life - in ... Read more
Stefan ZWEIG supports the memory of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
“We will recognize everywhere the greatness of this suffering soul. » ... Read more
Émile ZOLA remembers his naturalist friends and the evenings in Médan.
“My old friends from “Soirées de Médan” all have great talent that I admire... Read more
Paul ÉLUARD is working on the verses for his collection “Uninterrupted Poetry”.
"The blood of a man is horrifying. The blood of a man answers no to every question... Read more
André GIDE, at death's door, disillusioned, gives his news.
“My heart is sinking, but still allows me to kiss you. » ... Read more
Victor HUGO – Original photograph in cabinet card format.
One of the most famous portraits of the great man produced by Lucien Walery in 187... Read more
Jean COCTEAU and the Saint-Pierre chapel in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
“I never mentioned that Brusset's clumsiness made me do a job ... Read more
The delicious wishes for Colette happiness in three words.
"Happiness! Happiness! Offly. Colette." ... Read more
Gustave GEFFROY – Set of letters on his action at the Gobelins.
"You will have something more explicit to say about the work that I have attempted... Read more
Antonin ARTAUD is asking for help for his literature.
"I have been collaborating with the Nouvelle Revue Française since 1924. In 1927 I founded the t ... Read more
Marcel PAGNOL launches his candidacy for the French Academy.
“My candidacy for the Academy makes it my duty to ask for an audience with you.” ... Read more
Rare ticket from Serge GAINSBOURG's concerts at the Palace in 1979.
"Le Palace Theater. Gainsbourg. et cætera... et cætera... et cætera..." ... Read more
Pablo PICASSO and Jacques Prévert at La Colombe d’Or.
Pablo Picasso and Jacques Prévert sign the menu of the legendary inn of Saint-... Read more
Maurice UTRILLO and the affair of his false paintings.
“I had a certain number of businesses and contracts with Mr. Paul Pétridès... Read more
Suzanne VALADON reveals the colors of her palette.
“Colors that Utrillo and I used (…) Blue, chrome yellow, verm... Read more
Richard WAGNER and his musical contracts with Meser.
"Please allow the bearer of this document to read the contra... Read more
Karl LAGERFELD – Original drawing for Maison Chloé. #2
Study of a fitted suit jacket, for Maison Chloé, depicting a woman of... Read more
Honoré DAUMIER delivers his drawings late.
“My dear Mr. Fournier, here are your two drawings at last!” ... Read more
HERGÉ sends TINTIN drawings for American students.
“Beneath the apparent simplicity of the finished drawings, there is a long search for... Read more
Paul SIGNAC writes to Claude MONET about his Water Lilies.
“I would have been happy to go to Giverny to present my wishes to you. » ... Read more
Victor HUGO mourns, alongside George SAND, the death of his wife Adèle.
Autograph letter signed to George Sand. Very moving letter from Hugo, signed by ... Read more
Andy WARHOL – Brad DAVIS – Signed autograph dedication.
Portrait of the actor Brad Davis, enriched with a dedication by Warhol in the left margin... Read more
Andy WARHOL – Signed autograph dedication.
Copy showing the portrait of the actress Rachel Ward and enriched with a dedication ... Read more
Edmond ROSTAND. Signed autograph poem. Chantecler.
I think of light and not of glory. Singing is my way of fighting... Read more
Victor Brauner recounts a surreal evening in memory of SADE.
“One of the most extravagant things was this evening in memory of your... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Autograph manuscript – Tandem
Exceptional manuscript, first draft, of the legendary song performed by V... Read more
Raymond RADIGUET – Beautiful meeting of two signed autograph poems.
"Since the Earth is round / I will not go to the end of the world / Since ... Read more
COLETTE remembers with emotion her female serval from Chad, Bâ-Tou.
"A pure fawn, from Chad with its intact fawn character, a marvel that ... Read more
Forced into exile, Benjamin PÉRET sails towards Mexican lands. 1941.
“We are sailing towards the Americas, we left Marseille 6 weeks ago... Read more
Original drawing. Naked and languid woman by André DERAIN.
Magnificent study depicting a naked and languid woman, her gaze fixed and penetrating... Read more
Victor HUGO launches the fire of revolt against Napoleon III. 1852.
“It is indeed a fire that I would like to light, a fire of all hatred... Read more
André BRETON justifies the exclusion of Victor BRAUNER from the surrealist group.
“No mediocre interest can oppose me to Brauner […] What opposes me to him has... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG – Signed You’re Under Arrest brochure.
Program of the 1988 You're Under Arrest tour autographed by Serge Gainsbour... Read more
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photography – Crazy happiness. 1968-1971
Period silver print. Plate 70 of the Shaman and his Creatures. ... Read more
Paul JOUVE – Signed autograph letter and original photographs.
“In about ten days I [will] return to Paris and will see you then. ... Read more
Francis BACON – Original photograph by D. Kasperine. 1985
Original photograph. Silver print on vintage cartolina paper (1985)... Read more
Ossip ZADKINE – Original signed drawing. Totem.
Pastel on strong bluish cardboard, dated and signed in the margin: OZ 65 ... Read more
Alix AYMÉ – Original drawing – Maternity with a scarf.
Superb drawing by the French artist which emanates a fine and delicate nostalgia... Read more
Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX – Original drawing. Elongated figures.
Superb study of two reclining and entwined figures. Probable fronto project... Read more
Carl Gustav JUNG and FREUD's sexual and analytical theories.
“The neurotic problem cannot be solved by a reduction of sexuality. ... Read more
Émile ZOLA launches his campaign to support Alfred DREYFUS.
Autograph letter signed to a collaborator of Le Figaro. Important letter from Zol... Read more
Edgar P. JACOBS – Original drawing – “The U-Ray”
Autograph letter signed to his colorist. Superb document from the creator of Blake... Read more
HERGÉ – Tintin and the Dupondts’ investigation
Letter signed. Delicious letter from Hergé featuring the Dupondts in full ... Read more
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE is organizing the reissue of Voyage au bout de la nuit.
"He's going to release the Voyage one of these days in Brussels. That's all. We'll see at that point... Read more

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