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GARY, Romain (1914-1980)

Lot 100
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 100 | GARY, Romain (1914-1980)
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GARY, Romain (1914-1980)
Les Couleurs du jour et Les Clowns lyriques. Paris : Gallimard-NRF, 1952 et 1979.

Les Clowns lyriques est une réédition, largement remaniée, des Couleurs du jour. Dans sa note liminaire, Gary indique d'ailleurs que les Couleurs du jour était une "première esquisse" des Clowns lyriques. Il regrette également que cette première version du roman fut utilisée comme base pour une adaptation au cinéma qui n'avait elle-même "aucun rapport avec [s]on scénario" : L'Homme qui comprend les femmes (The Man Who Understood Women) de Nunnally Johnson, avec Leslie Caron et Henry Fonda.

1) Les Couleurs du jour. Paris : Gallimard-NRF, 1952.
In-8 (207 x 142 mm), broché, non coupé. Édition originale. Tirage limité à 80 exemplaires sur Lafuma-Navarre, seul grand papier, dont 5 hors-commerce, celui justifié H.C., non lettré.

2) Les Clowns lyriques. Paris : Gallimard-NRF, 1979.
In-8 (217 x 145 mm), broché, non coupé. Édition originale. Tirage limité à 45 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci l'un des 25 sur vélin d'Arches (second papier), n°36. Pliure au plat inférieur de la couverture.

Mostly pristine copies of two versions of the same book, one hors commerce and the other on Arches wove.
Artist:Romain Gary (Émile Ajar, 1914 - 1980)
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Books
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