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Brigitte BARDOT – Autographed dedication signed.
Autographed dedication signed. Autographed signature in black felt-tip pen. 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
François Mitterrand is exhausted by the exercises of his military service.
"The mind still holds the body; fatigue serves as its intoxication.". 950€ 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
Antoine BREGUET – Set of four letters to Gaston TISSANDIER.
"I've been having fun lately collecting some notes on history...". 1.600€ Add to cart
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
Napoleon I celebrates his return to power after exile on the Island of Elba.
"My finest campaign will not have cost the French a single drop of blood.". Read more
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
Extremely rare letter from Joseph Stalin developing his iron fist in Russia.
"Just tell me specifically who I should put pressure on.". Read more
Claude Lévi-Strauss – Ancient Sites and Korean Shamanism
"The day after tomorrow, a shamanism session in the countryside, I don't know exactly where.". 1.500€ Add to cart
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS is preparing his acceptance speech at the Academy.
"I'm just reading Montherlant and, as he likes to say, 'that's no small thing.'". 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
François Mitterrand struck by a sumptuous melancholy.
"I was overcome by a profound melancholy. This military life seemed absurd to me.". 1.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand and the moral pain of his military service.
"And besides, my little girl, you know very well that I have this big flaw of not being...". 1.500€ Add to cart
François Mitterrand and his first kiss with his lover.
"We are gambling our lives, our happiness, on each other and for each other.". 1.500€ 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
Salvador DALÍ – Original photograph.
Original photograph. Vintage silver gelatin print depicting Dalí, pistol in hand... 950€ Add to cart
Marcel Jouhandeau – His love affair with Elise and his will. 1966
Autographed letter signed to Maurice Dalinval. A beautiful letter from Jouhandeau evoking... 350€ 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
Lucian Freud and his painting under the Jamaican sky.
"Clouds only appear when I need them for my picture… I now start work at sunrise ... 7.500€ Add to cart
Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON, imprisoned, fights for his release.
"I'm going to request a leave of absence for Thursday the 12th, in order to show myself again...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Frédéric JOLIOT-CURIE has just been elected to the Academy of Sciences.
"Thank you very much for your kind letter of congratulations. You are...". 1.500€ Add to cart
Irène JOLIOT-CURIE tells Madame Joliot about her summer with her family.
A rare letter from the French physicist recounting her summer holidays with her family. 1.200€ Add to cart
Edmond JALOUX pays homage to the greatness of CHATEAUBRIAND.
"Great French prose is that of Rabelais, Montaigne, Bossuet, and...". 750€ Add to cart
General GOURAUD – The French Colonies and Adolf Hitler.
Signed letter to Alain Gheerbrant, Director of the French Colonial Institute. Re... 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. #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
MAYER Emile – Mentor of General de Gaulle.
Autographed postcard signed to Jean Auburtin. One page, octavo, on the back of a... 400€ 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
Benito Mussolini reorganized Italian railway traffic in 1941.
"I have given orders to immediately resume operations and financing of...". 2.000€ 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
Graham BELL and Alfred NIAUDET installed the first telephone.
"It is a truly extraordinary invention in its current state; it is perfecting itself...". 15.000€ 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
Louis Pasteur begs for the national reward promised by Napoleon III.
"The Emperor proposed that I be awarded a national prize.". 2.500€ Add to cart
Roger de Beauvoir – Autographed poem signed.
Autograph poem signed. Eighteen lines, in alexandrines, taken from his poem entitled... 350€ Add to cart
Jean-Martin CHARCOT – Hysteria treated by static electricity.
"I hope that electricity and massage can contribute to the healing process.". 3.500€ 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
Etienne CAIL – Oil on canvas – The Bath III.
Oil on canvas – The Bath III. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Size 150 x ... 7.500€ 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
François Mitterrand supported women's rights in 1975.
"They have the right not to be considered as perpetually dependent.". 850€ Add to cart
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
Antoine LAVOISIER and his acquisitions as a tax farmer.
"I appreciate the zeal, activity, and intelligence that you have brought...". 2.500€ Add to cart
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
Gustave Eiffel poses at the top of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
Rare original photograph of the scientist posing at the top of the Tower a few days ago... 2.500€ Add to cart
Etienne CAIL – Oil on canvas – Child
Oil on canvas – Child. Signed and dated in the lower margin. 2014. Size 115 x ... 9.500€ Add to cart
Chirac and the acquisition of the Château de Bity. 1969
An important collection of correspondence between Jacques Chirac and René Ballarin, former... 3.500€ 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
Allen Jones – Original signed card
Original signed card featuring one of his famous and provocative sculptures... 250€ 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
BERNHARDT Sarah – Photography cdv.
Business card-sized photograph of the French actress. Photographer: ... 180€ Add to cart
Jacques Offenbach – Photograph
A carte-de-visite photograph of the French composer, Charles Reutlin... 180€ 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
José-Maria de HEREDIA and the Shroud of Turin.
Autographed letter signed. Heredia wishes to have an article written about the suai... 250€ 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
Yvonne DE GAULLE and the Anne de Gaulle Foundation.
Autographed letter signed. A moving letter from Yvonne de Gaulle, sensitive to the aid... 950€ Add to cart
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
Louise MICHEL and the agony of the old society.
"Yes, it all seems quite horrible, but all agonies are like that. The death of the...". 1.800€ Add to cart
Louise MICHEL and the publication of her work on the Commune.
"This is just a quick note to let you know that the history of the commune has been sent...". 1.200€ Add to cart
Jean GRAVE – Set of 7 autographed signed letters.
Jean Grave and his anarchist companions, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Bakunin... 2.500€ 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
LACUEE Jean Girard – Signed letter – 1801.
Signed letter to the citizens administering gunpowder and saltpeter. A ... 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 and his military service in 1939.
"I cannot express the feelings that live within me as I feel them.". 1.200€ Add to cart
DUKE OF GAETE – Signed letter – 1812.
Duke of Gaeta and Minister of Finance of the Consulate and the Empire. Letter signed ... 150€ 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
Charles Maurras – His membership in the Artists' Committee.
Typed note signed to Mr. Henry Lapauze. "I join the Artists' Committee...". 180€ Add to cart
Jean D'ORMESSON – Autograph letter signed to Mr. Chapsal.
Autographed letter signed to the writer Madeleine Chapsal. Charming letter from... 350€ 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

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