ID 991157
Lot 168 | ÉLUARD, Paul, sous le pseudonyme de BRUN (1895-1952) et Valentine HUGO (1887-1968)
Estimate value
€ 10 000 – 15 000
Corps mémorable. Paris : Pierre Seghers, 1947.
Exemplaire désirable, comprenant 3 dessins originaux de Valentine Hugo et un manuscrit autographe signé de Paul Éluard, dans une remarquable reliure de Pierre-Lucien Martin.
La mort subite de Nusch Éluard d'une attaque cérébrale en 1946 avait plongé le poète dans un état de dépression profonde pendant plusieurs mois. Sorte d'élégie posthume, le recueil Corps mémorable contient sept poèmes dans lesquels Éluard exprime sa grande douleur.
Petit in-4 (242 x 185 mm). Tirage unique à 26 exemplaires sur Japon impérial, celui-ci le n°I. Comme requis à la justification, l'exemplaire comprend en frontispice un dessin original de Valentine Hugo.
Il est, en outre, enrichi de :
- un dessin original au crayon, en 4 couleurs, signé et daté 1947.
- un dessin original à l'encre noire sur Arches.
Ces deux dessins supplémentaires de Valentine Hugo sont des variations de la même composition que le frontispice, sur le thème de la main ouverte.
- un poème autographe de Paul Éluard signé deux fois ("Paul Éluard" et "Brun"). Il est titré "D'un et de deux, de tout". C'est le manuscrit de trois quatrains contenus dans l'ouvrage. 1 p. in-8 (192 x 175 mm.).
Reliure signée de Pierre-Lucien Martin, datée 1947 : maroquin vert, plats ornés de compositions d'après les dessins de Valentine Hugo d'une main ouverte, éxecutée en filets dorés et à froid pour le premier plat, seulement dorés pour le second, dos lisse avec le titre de l'ouvrage en lettres dorées et le nom de l'auteur à froid, doublures bord à bord de box vert, gardes du même box, tranches dorées sur témoins, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, chemise de demi maroquin vert à rabats et étui (dos de la chemise passé et usé).
A remarkable copy, one of the 26 issued, comprising 3 original drawings by Valentine Hugo and a signed autograph poem by Éluard, elegantly and skilfully bound by Martin. The book itself gathers seven poems written by Éluard under the pen name Brun, as elegies for his deceased wife Nusch.
Artist: | Paul Éluard (1895 - 1952) Valentine Hugo (1887 - 1968) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
Artist: | Paul Éluard (1895 - 1952) Valentine Hugo (1887 - 1968) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
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