Arno Breker, 60 years of sculpture.

Arno Breker

  Arno Breker (Elberfeld, 1900- Düsseldorf, 1991), German sculptor, official artist under the Nazi regime, [and Jacques Damase, Joe F. Bodenstein, Bernard Noël, Michel Marmin]. 39 handwritten and typewritten documents, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Paris, Saint-Cloud, 1979–1986 [mainly 1979–1981] and 133 silver-based […]

George Sand mentions Chopin’s illness.

Sand Chopin

    George Sand (1804-1876). Autograph letter signed « George Sand », no place, no date [Nohant, between May 8th and 15th 1847], to « Mon cher Falempin [sic] ». Gabriel Falampin (1803-1860), a notary clerk and then a lawyer, […]

Rare treatises on the hydraulic organ and clockmaking

Traité d'Horlogerie

  [Anonymous collection of 15 illustrated scientific treatises, manuscript circa 1631]. Traité des machines hidroliques par lesquelles ons imite les voix & faict iouer lorgue. [With, a few pages further on:] Leçons horolographiques. Two extensively and finely illustrated manuscripts, in […]

Rare war caricature by Georges Villa

Villa

    Georges Villa. (Montmédy (Meuse), 1883 – Paris, 1965). Aux Lettres !! Original watercolour and ink on strong paper. Signed autograph : « souvenir reconnaissant. Hopital 2. Georges Villa, avril-mai 1915 ». Dim. 29 x 44,3 cm. Georges Villa, […]

‘perhaps a child’s dream come true…’

  Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005). Projet de film, pour célébrer les 20 ans de SONY. minimum 30 secondes ou 1 minute. No place, Février 1973. Story-board of 27 watercolours enhanced with coloured pencil and pastel (3 watercolours mounted) ; size of […]

Sultry Isabelle Adjani sketched by Gotlib

Gotlib Adjani

  Gotlib. A quoi ça sert que la mère Ducros elle se décarcasse ? [1983]. China ink on strong paper. Signed in black marker lower right. References in pencil top right:« gotlib IL53 ». Size: 15.2 x 14.1 cm. Framed. Original […]

Moving calendar by Pauline Viardot, then aged 80

Pauline Viardot

  Pauline Viardot (1821-1910), French singer and composer, sister of La Malibran. [Son] Agenda ou Tablettes journalières [pour l’année] 1901. In-18. Full cream contemporary morocco, gilt metal cipher inlaid on upper cover, white tabis counter-plates and endpapers with gusset on […]