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"Jean Cocteau and the immorality of children's songs" has been added to your basket.

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
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
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
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
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€ 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
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
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
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
French School, 19th Century – Oil on wood.
Oil on wood. Bust-length portrait of a notable. Unsigned. Size: 25 x 33 cm. 1.500€ 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
Jean GRAVE – Set of 7 autographed signed letters.
Jean Grave and his anarchist companions, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Bakunin... 2.500€ 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
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 ... Read more
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
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
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
ELIZABETH II – Autographed letter signed to her midwife, Helen Rowe.
Autographed letter signed. A very beautiful and intimate letter from the Queen evoking the mo... Read more
Jean MOULIN – Autographed letter signed to the aviator Maurice Bellonte.
My sincerest wishes for 1940. Jean Moulin. 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
Michel HOUELLEBECQ – Signed photograph.
Print featuring a close-up of the French writer. Enhanced with his original signature... Read more
Adolphe THIERS – Autographed letter signed and original drawing.
Autograph letter signed. One page, octavo, no place or date. We enclose an original drawing... Read more
Napoleon BONAPARTE – Autograph letter signed to André Ramolino.
Autographed letter signed to André Ramolino, cousin of Letizia Bonaparte. Very rare... Read more
Frédéric Chopin sends his Preludes from Valldemossa. 1839
Autographed letter signed to Camille Pleyel. Charterhouse of Valldemosa, near Palma... Read more
Jules Verne kindly offered an autograph to an admirer.
"It was simply through forgetfulness that I didn't reply to your first letter. I...". Read more
Victor Hugo – Photograph cdv.
Business card photograph depicting Hugo standing, leaning on a chair. C ... Read more
Shepard FAIREY – OBEY – Original signed artwork. 2013.
Original signed artwork - Sedation Pill, 2013. Screen print, stencil and color... Read more
Sigmund Freud and the International Psychoanalytical Association.
Autographed letter signed. A fine letter from Freud, very circumspect regarding the ten... Read more
Jean CHAPTAL recounts an episode of Napoleon's anger towards his brother Lucien.
"The Emperor sharply reproached Lucien for his marriage, and the argument grew heated...". Read more
The NADAR Pantheon, signed by its author.
A vintage lithographic print enhanced 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 – Autograph manuscript signed – The War.
"All able-bodied men will have to be killed, and this idea will put an end to the game of...". Read more
Victor Hugo comments on his masterpiece, Les Misérables.
"This is our duty: to calm by enlightening. To destroy hatred and evil through...". Read more
Louis ANQUETIN – Original signed drawing – CYRANO.
Original signed drawing - Cyrano. Preparatory study for the magazine cover... Read more
BUFFET Bernard – Original drawing – Songs of Maldoror.
Original drawing – “The Songs of Maldoror” Grease pencil on paper, with annotations... Read more
Gioachino ROSSINI congratulates CHERUBINI on his latest musical work.
“I will begin (…) by congratulating you on the success of your latest…”. Read more
Jacques Offenbach finalizes his "Notes of a Musician on a Journey".
"I'm definitely putting my literary pride aside – you're making a fine mess of it...". Read more
Frédéric BARTHOLDI and the Statue of Liberty.
Autographed letter signed to Georges Glaenzer. A superb letter from Bartholdi evoking... Read more
Claude DEBUSSY – Autograph musical manuscript signed.
Unpublished document. A little song for the love of Lilly. ... Read more
Rare letter from Horace SEBASTIANI on France in 1830 and on the capture of Algiers.
"I don't think English jealousy would go so far as to declare war on us...". Read more
Wilfredo LAM – Signed letter to André Breton.
A charming letter from Lam, enhanced with a small, original drawing in the margin. Read more
THATCHER Margaret – Signed letter.
Signed letter (with handwritten notes) to Mrs. Judy Adams. I was unable to... Read more
Raoul DUFY – Original signed drawing – “Deauville, horse in a race”
Signed lower right Raoul Dufy. Circa 1934. Read more
Marceline DESBORDES VALMORE sends her first poems.
"I have been very distressed, sir. Heaven never tires of testing my heart. ...". Read more
Original bronze of the skull of the Marquis de Sade – Signed and numbered.
Original bronze cast of the Marquis de Sade's skull. One of only 99 numbered copies... Read more
Jean COCTEAU – Two autograph letters signed to Sacha GUITRY.
"Friends who are 'academic' are asking me to be there this week. I'll be leaving again...". 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
Émile DURKHEIM – Four letters on his teaching at the Sorbonne.
"I confess, I'm eager to be certain that no one is listening to me, contrary to what I'd hoped for...". Read more
The affirmation of life beyond death according to Marcel Proust.
"If later you could read my third volume, you would see in it something about death...". Read more
Marcel Proust discourses on the art of the novel, style and Beauty.
“I have always been amazed every time I have seen a writer tear out a ‘... Read more
Marcel Proust mentions Odette to Madame de Pierrebourg.
"And that feeling, or at least Odette's feeling for her mother, from pages already...". Read more
Marcel Proust marvels at the beauty of Alfred de Musset's verses.
"I don't feel that the violence of desire can change anything around...". Read more
Marcel PROUST – The First World War, his pastiches and André GIDE.
"You know that however tenderly I love you, I don't believe you're for me...". Read more
Marcel Proust blends his mystical tones with the glory of work.
"If life brings setbacks, we find solace in them because real life is elsewhere...". Read more
Marcel Proust imagines his mother near his bed.
"Mom would come to my bedside and I would tell her about an article I want to write...". Read more
Alain-FOURNIER and Jacques RIVIERE write to their friend Jean Tronche.
"You know that I write literary letters which have earned me the respect of...". Read more
Paul ELUARD – Autographed letter signed on Picasso's exhibition
"Thank you very much for sending me the catalogue for the P exhibition...". Read more
Charles Baudelaire – “I received the wages of opium”
"These are the Notices, the Raven, the Angel of the Bizarre, Eleonora, and Evene...". Read more
Claude Monet was desperate because he couldn't paint as he pleased.
"I am saddened by the weather. I can do nothing. The wind destroys my motivations...". 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
Stefan ZWEIG – One of the last letters of his life.
Autographed letter signed to Count Carnaxides. A moving letter from Zweig from... Read more
Original announcement of the funeral of Théophile GAUTIER.
Original funeral announcement for the impeccable poet. Copy ay... Read more
René Magritte and the mysteries of life and death.
"We truly live in an incomprehensible world!". Read more
Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE – His autographed will.
"Furthermore, the small volume of secret verses (printed in 205 copies) is located in pr...". Read more
Carl Gustav Jung, humble in the face of the mystery of the human unconscious.
"All my books and articles are still just fragments flying away from the...". Read more
Baudelaire resumed his work on Artificial Paradises.
Autographed letter signed to Auguste Poulet Malassis. ... Read more
Marcel Proust – “The prospect of being interned…”
Autograph letter signed to Max Daireaux. Seven pages, octavo. (Paris, May 1909) "... Read more
André DERAIN – Letter with original drawing. Self-portrait.
A superb letter from Derain, enhanced with an original drawing depicting him in self-portrait... Read more
Renaud CAMUS – Autographed letter signed to Madeleine Chapsal.
Time is the great interpreter. How clear everything is with it! So clear, and... Read more
François Mauriac and his novel The Desert of Love.
"My novel is structured in a baroque style.". Read more
Two photographs of COLETTE playing tenderly with her cat.
Vintage silver gelatin prints – probably unique – depicting Colette playing with... Read more
A moving letter from Guillaume Apollinaire on his deathbed.
"I was one step away from death. My friendly hand. Guillaume Apollinaire.". Read more
Georges CLEMENCEAU finally marvels at the sculptures of Pierre Puget.
"I am at the end of a long life and, as tired as I am at certain times, I...". Read more
Émile ZOLA participated in the opening of the Musée Grévin. 1882.
Zola sends clothes to help his friend with the upcoming opening of the museum... Read more
Alphonse Daudet wrote to his friend Émile Zola about his play "Nana".
Daudet is concerned about the performance date of the play Nana, adapted... Read more
Paris Commune – 1871
Autographed letter signed by a certain Brune to the publisher PM Laroche. Superb t... Read more

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