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ZOLA, Émile (1840-1902)

Lot 149
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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€ 900
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 859179
Lot 149 | ZOLA, Émile (1840-1902)
Estimate value
€ 1 200 – 1 800
ZOLA, Émile (1840-1902)
Lettre autographe signée [à Guy de Maupassant]. À Médan, le 24 mai 1880.

2 pp. sur 1 feuillet in-4 (261 x 180 mm), à l'encre noire, datées et signées. Déchirure restaurée en pied de page.

Lettre autographe signée d'Émile Zola à Guy de Maupassant, écrite au retour de leur voyage à Rouen pour l'enterrement de Gustave Flaubert. L'auteur y évoque l'article promis à Maupassant à l'occasion de la publication du recueil Des Vers, paru le 25 mai 1880 dans Le Voltaire : "Votre lettre m'est arrivée comme je commençais l'article qui a dû paraître ce matin. Je suis encore si bousculé par mon voyage à Rouen, que je n'ai pas la tête bien à moi. Enfin, j'ai voulu tenir ma promesse ; et si l'article n'est pas fameux, ne m'en veuillez pas. Je l'ai bâti surtout pour donner un coup d'épaule à l'édition." Zola est ébranlé par la mort soudaine de Flaubert, survenue le 8 mai 1880 : "Moi aussi je ne puis me débarasser de la grande image de Flaubert. Le soir, avant de m'endormir, je le vois constamment. Enfin, comme vous le dites, il faut bien s'accoutumer à la mort, car elle va désormais nous prendre chaque jour un peu des autres et de nous-mêmes." Il écrira pour Le Figaro un texte intitulé "Mes souvenirs sur Gustave Flaubert", paru en décembre 1880, détaillant ses états d'âme lors de l'enterrement de son ami : "Aucune mort ne pouvait m’atteindre ni me bouleverser davantage." Emmanuel Vincent, Guy de Maupassant, Des vers et autres poèmes : Œuvres poétiques complètes, p. 330. Provenance : Louis Aragon (1897-1982).

Signed autograph letter to Guy de Maupassant, written after their trip to Rouen for Gustave Flaubert's funeral.
261 x 180 mm.
Artist:Émile Zola (1840 - 1902)
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Letters, documents and manuscripts
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