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VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)
Original photograph of Paul Verlaine by Paul Marsan, known as Dornac
Period albumen print, mounted on thick cardboard (140 x 190 mm) legended "Nos Contemporains chez eux" in the photographer's credit "Dornac & Cie, 10 rue Adam Mickiewicz"
[Café François 1er, boulevard St Michel, Paris, 28th May 1892], 135 x 180 mm
Slight fold on lower left margin of the cardboard, tiny chip on lower margin of the photograph, otherwise very good original condition
Timeless portrait of Verlaine, sitting on a bench at café François 1er, in front of a large glass of absinthe


The poet's eyes are a little murky; on the table, next to the glass lie a few sheets of paper, an inkwell, his cane and his hat.
This photograph immortalizes Verlaine in one of the cafés boulevard Saint-Michel where he had his habits and received writers, friends…
By the late 1880s, Dornac had undertaken a series of portraits of the celebrities of his time entitled Nos contemporains chez eux.
Verlaine's photography… Read More

GARCÍA LORCA, Federico (1898-1936)
Original drawing titled " Poesia "
N.p.n.d, 1 p. in-8° on double folio, extracted from a book
Left margin slightly frayed
Touching drawing of the poet soberly titled " Poesia "


This ink drawing originally appeared in Juan Ramón Jiménez's Segunda antología poética, published in 1922. García Lorca had decorated it with two drawings, probably with the intention of offering it to one of his lovers.
The first drawing (this one) opened the chapter "Love Poems"
This work, from which emanates a great delicacy, represents a young man, as often in the drawings of the poet, and observed by a personified half-moon. The lines, which are characterized by curved lines, confirm the poet's aesthetic sense and sensitivity, his mental speed as well as his originality, intuition, hypersensitivity and creativity.
Two generations of Spanish poets:
Juan Ramón Jiménez and García Lorca met in Madrid in 1919. Federico had arrived in the Spanish capital with a letter of… Read More

BLIXEN, Karen (1885-1962)
Autograph letter signed " Karen Blixen " to american writer and adventurer Negley FarsonRungstedlund, Rungsted Kyst, 20.12.1957, 3 pp. in-8° on baryta paper, in english
On first page :Original film print (signed by photographer Lindequist) showing Karen Blixen and her dog at the doorstep of Rungstedlund, her Danish residence
Touching letter from Karen Blixen, looking back with nostalgia on her past in Africa
"Dear Negley Farson.-Very many thanks for your kind letter and for your charming and delightful book [Last Chance in Africa] that I am reading with the very greatest interest. I seem to agree with you in almost everything you say! – How I wish, when you write that you had David Waruhiu to stay with you, that you had invited me with your house as well!- There are such a lot of things about which I should like to talk with you and him.- I did, of course, start with your chapters of Africa.- I have just had three letters from three of my old servants, whom I left 25 years… Read More

[BAUDELAIRE] CARJAT, Étienne (1828-1906)
Period albumen print
[Paris, between late 1861 and early 1862]. Wet stamp " Et. Carjat "
(25,1 x 18,5 cm) Mounted on thick cardboard (31,8 x 24,9 cm) with embossed photographer's credit
Cropped corners, some stains, eyes post processed by the photographer, some pen annotations on verso
Étienne Carjat's masterpiece, the only known period print


Friend of the poet, the photographer is also a caricaturist and editor of periodicals. He hosts texts from Baudelaire in his weekly Le Boulevard. Above all, he left magnificent photographic portraits of him, taken during three sessions, at the end of 1861 or the beginning of 1862, in 1863 and in 1866. During the first session, Étienne Carjat takes three different shots, where Charles Baudelaire appears in three successive poses: standing, sitting, and, as here, in bust — the most intense with his dramatic close framing. These portraits were the subject of an advertisement for sale published in Le Boulevard on… Read More