CURNONSKY. 10 original signed drawings, 1894-1933... Lot 94

[CURNONSKY]. 10 original signed drawings, 1894-1933 and n.d.; various sizes. Set of portraits and caricatures of the Prince des Gastronomes.February 16, 1894, profile portrait, black pencil, dated and located "Vimoutiers" (19.5 x 11 cm). - January 22, 1920, head by Raymond Pallier, blue ink on the back of a menu, dedicated and signed "A l'ami Cur le 22 janvier 1920 Raymond Pallier" (20x 13 cm). - 1933, head in profile by D. Méry, pen, signed and dated, and captioned "Prince, le sort en est jeté..." (15.5 x 1 cm). - Raymond Pallier: caricature of Curnonsky as a cook, violet ink on the back of a printed menu for a Déjeuner de l'Humour, January 31, 1925, dedicated and signed "Au bon Cur bien cordialement Raymond Pallier" (22 x 15 cm). - Jean Oberlé: portrait of Curnonsky, violet ink, dedicated and signed "à mon Cur son Jean Oberlé" (21 x 27 cm). - J. Sel: caricature of Curnonsky crowned, on his trôle, pen and watercolor (27 x 21 cm). - René Staub: 2 caricatures of Curnonsky, India ink with texts a.s.: supplication of six kneeling women to the "Prince très débonnaire"; Curnonsky naked as a satyr (27 x 21 cm each). - Robert West: head of Curnonsky, graphite, dedication: "AM. Sailland, Cur Cordialement Rt West" (27 x 21 cm). - J. de P.: Curnonsky in nightgown and coat, graphite and pen, captioned "Vue raccourcie d'un Curn matinal vers les 3 h ½ du matin, non de l'après-midi JdeP" (23 x 18 cm).Attached is a set of miscellaneous documents, 1903-1955. Compagnie des Messageries maritimes brochure (January 1903), with a menu and 2 invoices during Curnonsky and Toulet's trip to Asia. - Obligation from the Grand Orient de France for the first-degree initiation of Brother Curnonsky Maurice. - La Lumière thermale brochure, published by the Société des Bains Lumineux, with article by Curnonsky. - Carte de Grand Maître d'honneur de la Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs (1952). - 4 menus, 1928-1955, one illustrated by Dubout. - 3 issues of Courrier Français (1895-1901), and one of Revue du Vin de France (1938). Plus a press clipping, and a pelote basque program (1913).