ROBERT DESNOS (1900-1945) LA TRISTESSE D'OLYMPIO.... Lot 41

ROBERT DESNOS (1900-1945) LA TRISTESSE D'OLYMPIO. Les vraies douleurs sont burlesques. POÈM... ROBERT DESNOS (1900-1945) THE SADNESS OF OLYMPIO. The real pains are burlesque. AUTOGRAPHIC POEM SIGNED, 6 pages in-4 in ink. Autograph poem of 22 quatrains parodying a little the eponymous poem of Victor Hugo and allusion to the painter Foujita. "He put in his suitcase a packet of tobacco Four embroidered handkerchiefs and two white shirts. To the concierge he said: "I'm going there". He took a carriage to the North Station. "He wanted to see the Montparnasse Rotunda again And the Place Pigalle and the café Anglais the bar of the Opera where Pegasus drank. The dogs of the memory bit his calves"... ... "O Fugita! In the Rotunda Three outlaws of the meadows spoke to two Chinese And the place Pigalle in fertile poxes seemed bald and peeled like a bawdy banker"... Published in the magazine Incognito of May 2017 to the editions of the Small vehicle with Study of Étienne-Alain Hubert. THE SADNESS OF OLYMPIO. The real pains are burlesque. AUTOGRAPH POEM, SIGNED, 6 pp, ink, 4to. Autograph poem of 22 quatrains parodying a little the eponymous poem of Victor Hugo and allusion to the painter Foujita. He put in his suitcase a packet of tobacco Four embroidered handkerchiefs and two white shirts. To the concierge he said: "I'm going there". He took a carriage to the Gare du Nord. He wanted to see the Montparnasse Rotunda again And the Place Pigalle and the café Anglais the bar of the Opera where Pegasus drank. The dogs of the memory bit his calves' ... ... 'O Fugita! In the Rotunda Three outlaws of the meadows spoke to two Chinese And the place Pigalle in fertile poxes seemed bald and peeled like a bawdy banker'... Published in May 2017 in Incognito magazine by Editions du Petit véhicule with Study by Étienne-Alain Hubert. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com