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"Jacques DUTRONC – It's five o'clock Paris is waking up." has been added to your cart.

René MAGRITTE writes to the collector Joseph Capel.
“I think I will do a variation of this painting again…” ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
NAPOLEON I celebrates his return to power after exile from the Island of Elba.
“My finest campaign will not have cost the French a drop of blood. » ... Read more
Jean COCTEAU announces the “Dîner de têtes”, his imitation show.
“My masterpiece, I will admit, will be Louis Armstrong’s trumpet that... 1.800€ Add to Cart
C215 – Serge Gainsbourg. Original stencil on a 500 franc note.
Serge Gainsbourg. Original stencil on an authentic 500 franc Pasc ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Extremely rare letter from Joseph STALIN developing his iron fist in Russia.
“Just tell me concretely who I should put pressure on. » ... Read more
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS – Ancient sites and Korean shamanism
“The day after tomorrow, shamanism session in the countryside, I don’t really know where. » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS prepares his reception speech at the Academy.
“I just read Montherlant and, as he likes to say, “it’s not nothing.” » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Paul VERLAINE and his absinthe. Original photograph by Dornac.
Verlaine slumped on the bench of the François I café, his soul drunk and his ... Read more
MAURRAS Charles – His entry into the French Academy.
Autograph letter signed to a colleague. Beautiful letter on the preparation of his... 750€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND struck by sumptuous spleen.
“I was overcome by a sumptuous spleen. This military life seemed absurd to me.” ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND and the moral pain of his military service.
“And then, 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 to his lover.
“We stake our lives, our happiness on each other and for each other. » ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Paul VERLAINE – Autograph letter and original drawing by his hand.
“You will only be an eggplant if you haven’t seen Ponchon.” ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Salvador DALÍ – Original photograph.
Original photograph. Vintage silver print depicting Dalí, pistol with p... 950€ Add to Cart
Marcel JOUHANDEAU – His love affair with Elise and his will. 1966
Autograph letter signed to Maurice Dalinval. 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 intended to attend the day in honor of... 450€ Add to Cart
MODIGLIANI Amedeo – Drugs and Montparnasse.
“I can only explain what happened by the mixture of poisons. » ... Read more
Camille CLAUDEL – Very rare autograph business card
Moving card of Camille, alone, fragile, and in search of 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, incarcerated, fights for his release.
“I am going to ask for a leave of absence for Thursday, the 12th, in order to cheer myself up... 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 family summer.
Rare letter from the French physicist recounting her summer vacation with her family. ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Edmond JALOUX pays tribute to the greatness of CHATEAUBRIAND.
“The great French prose is that of Rabelais, Montaigne, Bossuet, ... 750€ Add to Cart
General GOURAUD – The French Colonies and Adolf Hitler.
Letter signed to Alain Gheerbrant, Director of the French Colonial Institute. D ... 750€ Add to Cart
Jacques-Germain SOUFFLOT and the homes of Mirabeau.
“I was in Luxembourg the day before yesterday morning without finding M. de Mirabeau.” ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Francis BACON – Original photograph of his legendary workshop.
Silver print revealing the artist's legendary studio at Reece Mews, in Long... 650€ Add to Cart
George SAND wants the Cadio proofs to be sent to him.
“Take this as a note so they can send me the Cadio proofs.” ... 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 in... 750€ Add to Cart
Colette and her worries during the First World War.
"This, dear friend, is what a Jouvenel is used for, - whom you know, I have not... 650€ Add to Cart
Karl LAGERFELD – Original drawing for Maison Chloé. #7
Markers and pastel pencils on paper. Magnificent evening dress study for the ... 8.500€ Add to Cart
Karl LAGERFELD – Original drawing for Maison Chloé. #3
Magnificent study of a shirt jacket with handwritten annotations by Lagerfeld. ... 4.500€ Add to Cart
MAYER Emile – Mentor of General de Gaulle.
Autograph postcard signed to Jean Auburtin. A page in-12° 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
Serge GAINSBOURG – Original photograph with autograph signature.
Vintage film photograph showing Serge Gainsbourg in a tuxedo, bow tie ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Frédéric-Auguste CAZALS and the death of Paul VERLAINE
“…these painful letters that the friends of the poet of Invectives only reread…” 1.800€ Add to Cart
André BRETON and the InteRnatiOnal Exhibition of Surrealism, EROS.
Set of 9 letters from painters and artists, requested for the EROS exhibition... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Paul VERLAINE and the first poems of Fêtes Galantes.
“I address to you some 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 published on the front page of L'Aurore on January 7, 1906. ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Pierre MOLINIER – Original photomontage – “The Time of Death”
Photo montage. The Doll in front of the painting “The Time of Death” Silver print ... 4.800€ Add to Cart
Benito MUSSOLINI reorganized Italian railway flows in 1941.
“I have given orders to immediately resume the operation and financing of... 2.000€ Add to Cart
CALAFERTE Louis – Signed autograph letter.
Signed autograph letter. Calaferte gives a book to his dentist. ... 160€ Add to Cart
René de OBALDIA – Autograph manuscript – And at the end was the bang.
“Do you think there’s going to be war?” ... 3.000€ Add to Cart
René de OBALDIA – Autograph manuscript – Exobiography.
“When you think about it, our whole life is just 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 of... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Graham BELL and Alfred NIAUDET install the first telephone.
"It is a very extraordinary invention, in its current state; it is being perfected... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Jacques BREL – Original numbered photograph.
Superb photo representing Brel, in Paris in February 1969, during the show Ai ... 450€ Add to Cart
Louis PASTEUR begs for the national reward promised by Napoleon III.
“The Emperor proposed that a national reward be awarded to me. » ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
BEAUVOIR Roger de – Signed autograph poem.
Signed autograph poem. Eighteen verses, in alexandrines, taken from his poem entitled ... 350€ Add to Cart
Jean-Martin CHARCOT – Hysteria treated with static electricity.
“I hope that electricity and massage can contribute to healing. » ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Pierre MOLINIER – “Offertoire” – Photomontage with doll.
Original photograph. Offertory. Doll photomontage. Circa 1966. ... 6.500€ Add to Cart
Romain GARY – Original numbered photograph.
Extraordinary and moving photo 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 do not have time, given your urgency, to f... 450€ Add to Cart
Etienne CAIL – Oil on canvas – Le Bain III.
Oil on canvas – Le Bain III. Signed and dated on the lower margin. Size 150 x... 7.500€ Add to Cart
Sacha GUITRY organizes a dinner with a countess during his trip.
“Lunch: unfortunately impossible – but will you do us the favor of coming for dinner... Read more
Victor SEGALEN offers “Stèles” to his friend Maybon.
“I searched in vain in my luggage here for some decent copy of one of... 1.500€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND supported women's rights in 1975.
“They have the right not to be considered as eternal welfare recipients. » ... 850€ Add to Cart
Tsugouharu FOUJITA – Signed autograph letter.
"I received your kind letter which gave me great pleasure. In general ... 350€ Add to Cart
André MALRAUX sends 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.
Autograph piece signed to his mother, the president of Montreuil. Moving recognition... 950€ Add to Cart
NADAR – Signed autograph manuscript. Nadar's butts.
"Two kinds of people can not feel the offense. Some because they are... 450€ Add to Cart
Jean COCTEAU in despair at Mireille HAVET's descent into hell.
"Poor Mireille? What should I do? I begged Misia to go to rue R. I sent... 1.400€ Add to Cart
Camille SAINT-SAËNS judges the artists of the beginning of the century with severity.
“The only one who has great talent is Indy, but he has no nature and his... 950€ Add to Cart
Jean COCTEAU and the immorality of children's songs.
“The pink library has worried mothers since Freud. » ... 550€ Add to Cart
Coco CHANEL refuses to be decorated with the Legion of Honor.
“Ribbon is not made for good traders and ultimately, I am only ... Read more
Antoine LAVOISIER and his acquisitions as a general farmer.
"I know how to appreciate the zeal, activity and intelligence that you have brought... 2.500€ Add to Cart
André BRETON – “The Cursed Novelist. Georges DARIEN »
Signed autograph manuscript – “The Cursed Novelist.” Georges Darien » Remarkable ... 4.500€ Add to Cart
HEREDIA delivers her autobiography from the mountains of Cuba to the Parisian 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 hard bachelor, and the loss of children particularly disturbs me... 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 ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Etienne CAIL – Oil on canvas – Child
Oil on canvas – Child Signed and dated on the lower margin. 2014. Format 115 x ... 9.500€ Add to Cart
CHIRAC and the acquisition of Château de Bity. 1969
Important set of correspondence between Jacques Chirac and René Ballarin, former ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Salvador DALI admires a bust in his likeness.
Magnificent photo of Robert Descharnes, secretary and friend of Dalí. ... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Serge GAINSBOURG – Autograph manuscript of an unpublished song.
"All I know today / Is that it's at the finish / It's blackjack or... 15.000€ Add to Cart
Allen JONES – Original signed card
Original signed card Card depicting 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 – Autograph letter signed to H. Parisot.
“I didn't have time to sort through all my negatives, so didn't find the photo... 1.800€ Add to Cart
BERNHARDT Sarah – Photography cdv.
Business card size photograph of the French actress. Photographer: ... 180€ Add to Cart
OFFENBACH Jacques – Photography
Business card size photograph of the French composer. Charles Reutlin... 180€ Add to Cart
Fernand LEGER in his workshop – 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.
Signed autograph letter. Heredia would like to have an article written on the suai... 250€ Add to Cart
Thomas MANN entrusts the translation of “Tristan” and “Désordre”.
"I leave you “Désordre” and “Tristan” as well as Liebermann’s engraving to me... 1.700€ Add to Cart
Thomas MANN organizes the translation of his books into French.
"I am grateful in advance if you could tell me your thoughts on... Read more
Yvonne DE GAULLE and the Anne de Gaulle Foundation.
Signed autograph letter. Moving letter from Yvonne de Gaulle, sensitive to the aid ... 950€ Add to Cart
Gabriel MATZNEFF – Under sixteen and B. PIVOT.
Letter signed to Alfred Eibel. Matzneff goes on B. 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 – Autograph letter signed to Roger Vincent. The music.
Autograph letter signed to Roger Vincent. Very interesting document from Vian sou... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Renaud CAMUS – Autograph letter signed to Madeleine Chapsal.
These joys which no longer exist must be written down. ... 350€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL and the agony of the old society.
"Yes, everything seems very horrible, but all agonies are like that. That of life... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Louise MICHEL and the publication of her work on the Commune.
"Here is just a word to announce the sending of the history of the commune e... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Jean GRAVE – Set of 7 signed autograph letters.
Jean Grave and his anarchist companions, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Bakunin... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Raoul DUFY – “I am quite tired of the work that I have still done. »
“I'm quite tired of the work I've done again this year. » ... 850€ Add to Cart
Gabriel MATZNEFF – Manuscript – The Three Little Pigs.
Signed autograph manuscript – The Three Little Pigs. Rich manuscript within ... 3.500€ Add to Cart
Camille CLAUDEL – “The desire to penetrate to the depths of things. »
Autograph letter signed to Judith Cladel. Precious letter from Camille Claudel d... Read more
Eugène DELACROIX – Signed autograph letter.
"All that remains for me to do is hope that the public sees me with the same eyes as you... 1.500€ Add to Cart
Gustave MOREAU and his small painting of Sappho.
Signed autograph letter. Charming letter from Moreau about a painting by ... 650€ Add to Cart
Jacques DUTRONC about Serge Gainsbourg.
"Serge? He had the know-how... and of course made it known. Etc. Jacques D. ... 1.200€ Add to Cart
Serge GAINSBOURG – Original photograph. Circa 1970.
Serge Gainsbourg in bust, pulling on his Gitane. ... 650€ Add to Cart
Jacques DUTRONC – It’s five o’clock, Paris is waking up.
"I am the dauphin Of Place Dauphine And Place Blanche Looks bad... ... 2.500€ Add to Cart
Alphonse DAUDET writes to his old man Abdelkader.
"I burn papers, like proofs; the big cleaning at the end of the year... 300€ Read more
Paul VERLAINE – Photograph for his application to the Academy.
Original photograph of the poet by Otto. Very rare photo of Verlaine, teacher ... Read more
Georges MATHIEU – Autograph letter signed to René Cornaud.
Georges Mathieu as critic and artistic advisor. ... 250€ Add to Cart
LACUEE Jean Girard – Letter signed – 1801.
Letter signed to the citizen administrators of powders and saltpetre. A ... 250€ Add to Cart
Serge GAINSBOURG – ECCE HOMO – Signed Ginzburg. ECCE HOMO.
“Ugliness is superior to beauty in that it lasts. » ... Read more
Serge GAINSBOURG and SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS in the street in Paris.
Silver print depicting Gainsbourg and Screamin' Jay Hawkins in the street, in Pa... 750€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND – Signed autograph letter. 1939.
“And we were shaping the future 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 – Letter signed – 1812.
Duke of Gaëte and Minister of Finance of the consulate and the Empire. Letter signed... 150€ Add to Cart
François MITTERRAND – War letter. 1940.
“How sad if Germany took precedence over us; we, the civilized... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Karl LAGERFELD – Original drawing of an evening dress. #5
Magnificent study, for Maison Chloé, depicting a single-storey woman, carrying ... 8.500€ Add to Cart
Karl LAGERFELD – Original drawing. Markers and pastel on paper. #11
Superb study, for Maison Chloé, depicting a full-length woman, wearing a ... 8.500€ Add to Cart
Francis BACON – Bacon in my mirror #2
Collectible silver print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Francis BACON – Bacon in my mirror #12
Collectible silver print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
Francis BACON – Bacon in my mirror #3
Collectible silver print on baryta paper, numbered 1/15. ... 1.800€ Add to Cart
MAURRAS Charles – His membership in the Artists’ Committee.
Typewritten note signed to Mr. Henry Lapauze. "I join the Artists Committee... 180€ Add to Cart
Jean D'ORMESSON – Autograph letter signed to Mr. Chapsal.
Autograph 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 trip to the Mediterranean in 1884.
Autograph letter signed to his friend Robert Godefroy. Superb letter from the writer... Read more
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
ELIZABETH II – Autograph letter signed to her midwife, Helen Rowe.
Autograph letter signed Very beautiful and intimate letter from the Queen evoking the mo ... Read more
Jean MOULIN – Autograph letter signed to aviator Maurice Bellonte.
My most sincere wishes for 1940. Jean Moulin. » ... 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
Michel HOUELLEBECQ – Signed photograph.
Print showing the French writer in close-up. Enriched with his original signature... Read more
Adolphe THIERS – Signed autograph letter and original drawing.
Signed autograph letter. One page in-8° slnd. We attach an original drawing... Read more
Napoleon BONAPARTE – Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino.
Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino, cousin of Letizia Bonaparte. Very ra... Read more
Frédéric CHOPIN sends his Preludes from Valldemosa. 1839
Autograph letter signed to Camille Pleyel. Charterhouse of Valldemosa, near Palma ... Read more
Jules VERNE kindly to an admirer wishing an autograph.
“It is through forgetfulness that I have not already responded to your first letter. I... Read more
HUGO Victor – Photography cdv.
Business card photograph representing Hugo standing, leaning on a chair. VS ... Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed work. 2013.
Original signed work - Sedation Pill, 2013 Silkscreen, stencil and col... Read more
Sigmund FREUD and the International Psychoanalytic Association.
Signed autograph letter. Beautiful letter from Freud, very circumspect about the ten... Read more
Jean CHAPTAL recounts NAPOLEON's anger against his brother Lucien.
"The Emperor strongly reproached Lucien for his marriage and the argument heated up... Read more
The NADAR Pantheon dedicated by its author.
Period lithographic print enriched with a dedication by Nadar in black ink. ... Read more
Oscar WILDE – Original photograph by Napoléon Sarony. 1882.
One of the most famous portraits of Wilde in the United States. ... Read more
ALAIN – Signed autograph manuscript – The War.
“It will be necessary to kill all able-bodied men and this idea will put an end to the game of g... Read more

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