RENÉ CHAR (1907-1988) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE... Lot 25

RENÉ CHAR (1907-1988) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À UN SALAUD ET LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE S... RENÉ CHAR (1907-1988) AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED TO A SALAUD AND AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED TO Yves BRETON. Paris May 25, 1951 and November 27, 1954, 2 pages 1/2 in-4 in ink. René Char authorizes Yves Breton to resell to Gilbert Lely the letters from Char to Lely after having forgiven the latter the sale to Yves Breton of their complicit correspondence, amputating however the letter to a bastard, which appears here signed by Char. ... "The one to whom these letters were written, to tell the truth, has no name: merchant of friendship, trafficker of the trade winds of the heart, swindler to whom Hitler's persecution made a face worthy of rescue, I do not want to know.... he abuses a trust, collects my fraternal marks to make money out of it one day, in his lifetime, in my lifetime, let my nausea serve as a shroud for him... These letters will have to have for title : Letters to a bastard" ... AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO A SALAUD, SIGNED, AND AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO Yves BRETON, SIGNED. Paris 25 May 1951 and 27 November 1954, 3pp, ink, 4to. René Char authorises Yves Breton to resell Char's letters to Lely to Gilbert Lely after having forgiven the latter for having sold their complicit correspondence to Yves Breton, although he amputates the letter to a bastard, which appears here signed by Char. ... "The one to whom these letters were written, to tell the truth, has no name: merchant of friendship, trafficker of the trade winds of the heart, swindler to whom Hitler's persecution made a face worthy of rescue, I do not want to know.... he abuses a trust, collects my fraternal marks to make money out of it one day, in his lifetime, in my lifetime, let my nausea serve as a shroud for him... These letters will have to have for title : Letters to a bastard" ... Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com