Description
Boris VIAN
Collection of documents: photographs, correspondence from H. Salvador, brochures, sheet music, postcards…
Portrait of Boris Vian holding film reels used to illustrate the cover of *L’Âge* No. 1, June 1964, and brochures for the magazine featuring the contents page and text by Jacques Prévert – 2 handwritten letters: one from Henri Salvador, “If one were to draw up a profile of Boris Vian, a whole page would not be enough…” and from Jean Ferry: “Boris Vian was a prince. Forced to associate himself with the most successful product of that basely triumphant ignorance in the most ignoble of genres: the imbecilic dictatorship of the film profiteers…” - 9 musical scores: ‘J’suis snob’, ‘Faut rigoler’, ‘Rock and Roll=Mops’, ‘On n’est pas là pour…’, ‘Moi j’préfère la marche à pied’, ‘Le gars de Rochechouart’, ‘I Can’t Work’, ‘Oh! If Only Your Father Weren’t Around’, ‘Cinematograph’ – A typewritten and signed letter from Ursula Vian dated 1964, addressed to René Chateau on behalf of ‘Les Amis de Boris Vian’, and a ‘Benefactor’ membership card - Exhibition and evening event organised by students of the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures at the Théâtre D. Sorano in 1964, a tribute curated by René Chateau: programme, poster (60 x 38 cm), invitation card, 2 photographs of the exhibition - 6 postcards ‘Les T. Satrapes, Raymond Queneau and Boris Vian’, portrait with a bottle by Michel Cot, Baron Mollet and Jean Ferry, published by the Collège de Pataphysique, Le Minotaure, including 2 handwritten postcards addressed to René Chateau, signed by Jean Ferry and Lestil [ill] (2) – Typewritten text by Pierre Kast – 2 pages of layout for “Boris Vian, la vérité sur le cinéma” - Promotional leaflet from J.J. Pauvert Publishers - Various newspaper cuttings of texts by B. Vian: “Let’s Be Kind”, “My Wife at the Wheel”, “Those Dear Free Consultations” - Cutting: “The Girls of Calvary”…
René Chateau Collection: The Memory of Cinema – Part Three
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René Chateau Collection: The Memory of Cinema – Part Three
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10/23/2026 at 11:00 AM
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