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Auction 17 June 2024 Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: letters and autograph manuscripts, Part I, lots 1 to 295 - Paris

Bid on the lot list Ader : 17 June 2024 - <p><strong>Exposition privée chez l&#39;expert </strong>:</p><p>Uniquement sur rendez-vous</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Exposition publique</strong> : </p><p>Salle des ventes Favart</p><p>3, rue Favart 75002 Paris</p><p>Jeudi 13 et vendredi 14 juin</p><p>de 11 h à 18 h</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Téléphone pendant l’exposition</strong> :</p><p>01 53 40 77 10</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsable de la vente : </strong></p><p>Marc GUYOT</p><p>marc.guyot@ader-paris.fr</p><p>Tél. : 01 78 91 10 11</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ordres d&#39;achat :</strong></p><p>Ekaterina GORSHKOVA</p><p>egorshkova@ader-paris.fr</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Expert </strong>: </p><p>Thierry BODIN</p><p>lesautographes@wanadoo.fr</p><p>Tél. : 01 45 48 25 31</p> Ader - Paris

Brigitte and Roland Broca Collection: letters and autograph manuscripts, Part I, lots 1 to 295

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Lot n° 1 

Aloïse Corbaz dite ALOÏSE (1886-1964)....

Aloïse Corbaz dite ALOÏSE (1886-1964). Peinture et musique au théâtre Aloïse Corbaz 1941 Innsbruck-Wien, Galerie Krinzinger and Galerie Nachst, 1984: oblong notebook in-4 oblong, stapled, 40p. Facsimile reproduction of a notebook of colored pencil drawings....

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Lot n° 2 

George BARBIER (1882-1932). 5 fashion...

George BARBIER (1882-1932). 5 fashion drawings on one page, signed in the center and dated 1923; India ink, 30 x 24 cm. 4 women in dresses or coats, with a woman's head in the center; drawings nicely arranged on the page.

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Lot n° 3 

Hans BELLMER (1902-1975). L.A.S.,...

Hans BELLMER (1902-1975). L.A.S., Castres March 25, 1946, to a "very dear friend"; 2pages in-4. Interesting letter on Jean Cocteau and Sade. He fears he may have offended Cocteau a little, by asking him about the "conditions of the proposed collaboration...

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Lot n° 4 

Hans BELLMER (1902-1975) L.A.S.,...

Hans BELLMER (1902-1975) L.A.S., Castres May 18, 1946, to Joe Bousquet; 2pages in-4. Desperate letter, notably about his divorce and the moral incomprehension surrounding his work on the Poupée. He is very worried about not hearing from Bousquet, "tired...

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Lot n° 5 

Leonetto CAPPIELLO (1875-1942)....

Leonetto CAPPIELLO (1875-1942). L.A.S., Paris June 9 1928, to a journalist; 1 1/2 pages in-8 addressed to him. He thanks you for "your interesting article and the kind words you had for me. The reproductions are perfect and the colors as vivid and fresh...

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Lot n° 6 

Rupert CARABIN (1862-1932). L.A.S.,...

Rupert CARABIN (1862-1932). L.A.S., February 26, 1908; 1page in-8. About a medal he made for the Société des amis de la Médaille, of which Roger Marx is secretary; he doesn't even own a proof. "The Society is the sole owner of the hallmarks and corne...

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Lot n° 7 

Emmanuel Poiré, known as CARAN...

Emmanuel Poiré, known as CARAN D'ACHE (1858-1909). L.A.S., January 1889, to painter John Lewis Brown; oblong in-12 card addressed to him. "Mon cher Maître, Voulez-vous me faire l'honneur et le plaisir de venir diner avec nous ... Bonne année et meilleurs...

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Lot n° 8 

Eugène CARRIÈRE (1849-1906). 2...

Eugène CARRIÈRE (1849-1906). 2 charcoal drawings on a single sheet; 25 x 25 cm. on brick-red paper, inventory stamp and studio stamp. Two studies for a maternity ward, typical of Carrière's style. On the back, autograph text, reflections on likeness:...

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Lot n° 9 

Amédée-Charles-Henri, comte de...

Amédée-Charles-Henri, comte de Noé, known as CHAM (1819-1879). 2 pen-and-ink drawings with autograph captions; 13 x 15 and 10.5 x 15 cm. "Promenade carnavalesque des hippophages"; dialogue between a deputy and a bailiff.

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Lot n° 10 

Charles CHAPLIN (1825-1891). L.A.S.,...

Charles CHAPLIN (1825-1891). L.A.S., Paris June 21, 1878, to a friend; 2 1/2 pages in-8. Invitation to dinner "all here together without black dress. I'm writing to Hédouin and his sister to join the party. No excuses, no dinners, no parties, no appointments....

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Lot n° 11 

Georges CLAIRIN (1843-1920). Drawing...

Georges CLAIRIN (1843-1920). Drawing with L.A.S., Venice April 27 1888, to Henri Meilhac; pen drawing, 13 x 21 cm. An amusing drawing sent from Venice, where he was staying with his friend Paul Porel, to congratulate Henri Meilhac the day after his election...

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Lot n° 12 

Eugène COTTIN (1841-1902). L.A.S....

Eugène COTTIN (1841-1902). L.A.S. with drawing, Paris February 4, 1876, to Edmond Duranty; pen and ink, 1page in-4 (27 x 21 cm). A man, in front of a café table, reads the newspaper Le Bon Bock, on which is written the letter, inviting Duranty "to our...

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Lot n° 13 

Salvador DALI (1904-1989). Autograph...

Salvador DALI (1904-1989). Autograph manuscript signed, 1950; 4pages in-4 with erasures and corrections; in French. Important text presenting his Madonna de Port-Lligat, one of his most famous paintings, for exhibition at the Carstairs Gallery in New...

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Lot n° 14 

Antonin DAUM (1864-1930). Carte...

Antonin DAUM (1864-1930). Carte de visite with 4 autographed lines, Nancy July 12, 1910 (mourning border). Antonin Daum Maître Verrier... "with all his thanks for the kind lines and illustrations devoted in Art et Décoration to the Exhibition at the Musée...

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Lot n° 15 

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863). L.A.S....

Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863). L.A.S. (signed letterhead, 3rd person), April 6, 1861, to Baron Haussmann; 1page in-8. "Mr. Delacroix" unable to attend the invitation of the Prefect and Madame Haussmann. "Too much continuous work in the completion of a...

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Lot n° 16 

Jules-Élie DELAUNAY (1828-1891)....

Jules-Élie DELAUNAY (1828-1891). L.A.S., February 2, 1879, to a director; 1page in-8. Recommendation from a Danish painter, Miss Anne-Marie Brunyr, a pupil of Professor Roed, who wishes to "study at the Louvre and Luxembourg museums"....

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Lot n° 17 

Maurice DENIS (1870-1943). L.A.S.,...

Maurice DENIS (1870-1943). L.A.S., 1912; 2pages oblong in-12. About his decoration of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He asks his correspondent "to come and see my cupola that I'm showing next Sunday at 11 a.m. (Théâtre Astruc, 15 avenue Montaigne). I...

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Lot n° 18 

Édouard DETAILLE (1848-1912). L.A.S.,...

Édouard DETAILLE (1848-1912). L.A.S., May 7, 1894, to a journalist friend; 1page in-12 (mourning). About his Salon painting Les Victimes du devoir, "which was not easy to do and which I almost redid in its entirety at the Exhibition. At last it worked!"... We...

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Lot n° 19 

André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884-1974)....

André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884-1974). L.A.S., August 18, 1970, to Julien Cain; on the back of 3 postcards (Seurat paintings), envelope. He will send him "the 5 volumes you are missing from my catalog of engravings. An 8th and final volume is due out...

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Lot n° 20 

Gustave EIFFEL (1832-1923). L.A.S.,...

Gustave EIFFEL (1832-1923). L.A.S., Les Petites Dalles August 28, 1885, to M. Mulot; 1 1/2 pages in-8 on his letterhead G. Eiffel, Constructions Métalliques, Levallois-Perret near Paris. He thanks Mulot for informing him of the "Antwerp Award", and of...

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Lot n° 21 

James ENSOR (1860-1949). L.A.S.,...

James ENSOR (1860-1949). L.A.S., Ostend February 29, 1932, to Georges Philippart in Brussels; 1page in-8. About a party for the fiftieth birthday of Franz Hellens, "our sniffer and king of the young". Held up in Ostend, Ensor is unable to attend: "I send...

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Lot n° 22 

Georges de FEURE (1868-1943). L.A.S....

Georges de FEURE (1868-1943). L.A.S. and L.S., Paris 1922 and 1932, to Léon Riotor; 1page in-8 and 1page in-4. December 2, 1922. Thanks for the warm welcome extended to his brother-in-law A. Desboutin, and would like him to intervene "to have the City...

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Lot n° 23 

Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931)....

Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931). L.A.S., November 9, 1920; 1page in-8. He was unable to take part in the Araignée exhibition, "my state of health not having allowed me this year to draw as I would have liked"...

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Lot n° 24 

Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931)....

Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931). L.A.S., October 22, 1925, to Henri Roujon; 1page in-8, vignette of the Cercle de l'Union artistique. He telephoned the Michel firm "to come and take my drawing, to engrave it at the justification agreed between us, asking...

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Lot n° 25 

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). L.A.S.,...

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). L.A.S., Nancy February 9, 1899, to a "dear friend and Master"; 4 pages in-8. On theater in Nancy, and politics. He has done his best "to defend with the mayor of Nancy and our friends the otherwise excellent cause of M. Brousseau",...

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Lot n° 26 

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). 2 autograph...

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). 2 autograph manuscripts (one signed) with drawings, 1900; half-page in-4 on yellow paper, and 2 1/2-page oblong in-4. August 28, 1900, note for a vase project, with drawing, signed "Emile Gallé": "1 cornet en forme de tube ou...

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Lot n° 27 

Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903). L.A.S.,...

Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903). L.A.S., Tahiti November 1891, to Paul Sérusier; 3 1/2 pages in-4 (cracks in folds very well repaired). Beautiful letter about his work during his first stay in Tahiti. Letters from his "dear Séruse" please him in his solitude,...

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Lot n° 28 

Charles GIR (1883-1941). Original...

Charles GIR (1883-1941). Original drawing, signed lower right; pen and ink wash, on a Paris-Journal envelope (14.5 x 11.5 cm.). Portrait of clown and fantasist Carl Baggessen (1868-1931), disguised as a butler, holding a sheet of paper in his right hand;...

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Lot n° 29 

Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942). 4...

Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942). 4 L.A.S., 1905-1932; 3pages in-12, and 1page in-8 with vignette. March 11 and May 1, 1905, to Jérôme Doucet, about his article on Guillaume. - Les Petits-Ponts Nov. 26, 1931 and Feb. 14, 1932 (on the back of postcards depicting...

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Lot n° 30 

Ernest HÉBERT (1817-1908). L.A.S.,...

Ernest HÉBERT (1817-1908). L.A.S., Paris June 4 1885; 2 1/2 pages in-8. Leaves on Saturday for Italy, and will visit his correspondent at the Ministry "on my way out of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where I must introduce my pupils to their new teacher M....

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Lot n° 31 

Paul HELLEU (1859-1927). L.A.S.,...

Paul HELLEU (1859-1927). L.A.S., Jersey 189. to Armand Dayot; 4pages in-8, with 2 steamboat vignettes. He spent two months in England, at Cowes (Isle of Wight), "during the regattas and the stay of the Emperor of Germany. There were over 600 pleasure...

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Lot n° 32 

HERMANN-PAUL (1864-1940). Pen drawing,...

HERMANN-PAUL (1864-1940). Pen drawing, signed lower right; 18 x 12 cm. Bust-length portrait of a woman.

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Lot n° 33 

Jacques Onfray de Bréville dit...

Jacques Onfray de Bréville dit JOB (1858-1931). L.A.S., Mérouvel 27.VIII.1923, to Dr. Dijonneau in Bordeaux; 1page in-4, envelope. He is resting in a corner of Normandy. "I will, by reading your book so preciously documented, relive the good hours spent...

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Lot n° 34 

Jean-Émile LABOUREUR (1877-1943)....

Jean-Émile LABOUREUR (1877-1943). L.A.S., Kerfalher Thursday, October 21 1926, to Camille Bloch; 1page small in-4. Thanks his friend for sending the 1000 francs, and worries about the progress of Couleurs Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, contes, gravures de...

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Lot n° 35 

Lucien LÉVY-DHURMER (1865-1953)....

Lucien LÉVY-DHURMER (1865-1953). 2 L.A.S., 1909 and n.d., to Mme Henri Cazalis; 4pages in-8. Martinvast. "You promise me beautiful sunsets - you announce beautiful music - and above all your so good hospitality". Dr. and Mrs. Keller have taken a Pandora...

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Lot n° 36 

Frédéric-Théodore LIX (1830-1897)....

Frédéric-Théodore LIX (1830-1897). L.A.S., Paris July 25, 1895, to a curator; 1 page in-8. He asks "if I can still send a small painting to the Strasbourg Exhibition". He has just finished it and has not had time to give it to Mr. Potier; but if it is...

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Lot n° 37 

Frans MASEREEL (1889-1972). L.A.S.,...

Frans MASEREEL (1889-1972). L.A.S., Avignon September 24, 1942, to Charles Orengo; 2 pages oblong in-8. "Louis Gillet has agreed to do a few lines of presentation for my drawings. I intend to send you 5 or 6 sketches of a suite of woodcuts (20) that I...

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Lot n° 38 

Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891)....

Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891). L.A.S. to his beloved Sallé; 1 page and a quarter in-8. He is "excessively anxious to have his workshop in order to be able to work", and gives instructions for preparing the joists...

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Lot n° 39 

Gustave MOREAU (1826-1898). L.A.S.,...

Gustave MOREAU (1826-1898). L.A.S., Paris August 27, 1883; 1page in-8. He regrets not being able to fulfill his correspondent's request "to have drawings by me for the publication of L'Artiste": this is impossible for him at the moment, as he is not sending...

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Lot n° 40 

Gustave MOREAU (1826-1898). 3 L.A.S....

Gustave MOREAU (1826-1898). 3 L.A.S. to Mme Hortense Howland; 2 pages and a half (mourning), 1 and 1 pages in-8, envelopes. Absent from Paris, Moreau begs his neighbor on rue de La Rochefoucauld to excuse him for "the annoyances of this odious neighborhood...

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Lot n° 41 

Alfons MUCHA (1860-1939). L.A.S.;...

Alfons MUCHA (1860-1939). L.A.S.; 1 1/2 pages in-8; in French. He is in the country and will send his correspondent "a copy of the Medea poster, and I hope it will not arrive too late. Only I beg you, if you don't mind, to return it to my studio when...

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Lot n° 42 

Félix Tournachon dit NADAR (1820-1910)....

Félix Tournachon dit NADAR (1820-1910). L.A.S., Paris November 3, 1903, to a "dear friend"; 4pages in-8 in his own number and motto Quand même! He is recovering thanks to Dr. Gauthier's treatment: "five sessions of Dr. Gauthier's violet irradiations have...

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Lot n° 43 

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898)....

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898). L.A.S., July 18, 1897, to Henri Mazel; 1page in-12, address on verso (letter-card). He writes back "on the way to treat monuments that time has tested; I think one cannot be too considerate and respectful of what...

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Lot n° 44 

Odilon REDON (1840-1916). P.A.S.,...

Odilon REDON (1840-1916). P.A.S., Paris March 24, 1891; 1page in-4. List of works for an exhibition. The 11 works mentioned are numbered 133 to 144. - Paintings and pastels: La Coupe de mystère, St Jean, Le Pilori (pastel, 200F). - "Drawings" (150F each):...

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Lot n° 45 

Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938)....

Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938). 27 L.A.S., circa 1898-1900 and 1921-1924, to Jérôme Doucet; 60 pages in-8 or in-12. Interesting correspondence on his work as a painter and illustrator. Jérôme Doucet (1865-1957), writer and journalist, was also a bibliophile;...

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Lot n° 46 

Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938)....

Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938). Set of 110 color engravings, 1907; 29 x 22 cm. Set of state proofs of his illustrations for Gustave Flaubert's La Tentation de Saint Antoine (Ferroud, 1907).

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Lot n° 47 

Félicien ROPS (1833-1898). L.A.S....

Félicien ROPS (1833-1898). L.A.S. "Fély" to "Mes chères petites amies", at the bottom of his engraving "La Clef des Champs"; 1page folio (32.5 x 23.5 cm). State proof of the engraving (14.5 x 10 cm), on which Rops has inscribed in graphite the title:...

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Lot n° 48 

Félicien ROPS (1833-1898). 2 L.A.S....

Félicien ROPS (1833-1898). 2 L.A.S. with drawings, to Edmond Haraucourt; 3pages and 1 1/2 pages in-8. Paris Tuesday 19th. His engraving dealer having bailed on him, he asks his friend, "now one of our big capitalists", to lend him 600 francs: "at the...

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Lot n° 49 

Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI (1828-1882)...

Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI (1828-1882) L.A.S., Chelsea September 20, 1864, to Miss Heaton; 3pages in-8, vignette with his monogram and motto Francas non flectas; in English (transcript enclosed). He hopes she doesn't see him as a fiend: he should certainly...

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Lot n° 50 

Carlos SCHWABE (1866-1926). L.A.S.,...

Carlos SCHWABE (1866-1926). L.A.S., Barbizon Saturday; 3pages in-8. He asks to be lent money, assuring that he will "have work for years". The Countess de Béarn has come to see Schwabe: "I'm going to make her an 8-meter stained-glass window and several...

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