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131 - LETTRISM AND 'PATAPHYSIQUE. A collection of around 30 letter…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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LETTRISM AND 'PATAPHYSIQUE. A collection of around 30 letters or pieces. 1933–1983. - 14 photographic portraits (originals and prints) by Julien Torma (measuring between approximately 9 x 4 cm and 14 x 9 cm). - ANTON. Typewritten letter in violet ink, signed by Mr Anton, to a ‘dear friend and comrade’ regarding the publication of a pamphlet against the terror in Cuba. Paris, 10 March 1933. 1 p. in-4. - BAUDET (Frantz), Jacques CROUZET, Louis DAVID, René FREY, Georges PERINAT, Joséphine GROLIER, Mlle GUIRAUD, Bernard MARGERIN, Marie MERCIER, Raymond ODINOT, Pierre Roux, Pouget, Noël Roux, Miss Séné, Tendjaoui, and Miss Tortrat. Leaflet concerning Cl. Tissot, Baillarger, Cl. Simon and the Service des femmes terrasse. 4 pages, in-4. - Paris BIENNIAL – Language Arts. Tuesday 8 October. Typescript, 1 p., in-4. - [COLLEGE OF ‘PATAPHYSIQUE’]. Miscellaneous notes in graphite, and in red, violet and turquoise ink. No place, no date. 2 pp. in-16, on College of Pataphysics letterhead. - EDITORIAL COMMITTEE OF *Les Crampes*. Typewritten letter addressed to the “Dear Treasures”. Paris, “28 Guidouille 90 E.P. / 12 July 1963 AD”. 1 p., folio, in black ink. Circular from the editorial committee of *Les Crampes* (Appéré and Unglik). - DUBUFFET (Jean). 2 reproductions of drawings by Dubuffet (13 x 18 cm, glossy paper), one of which bears the inscription “to Latis” and is dated 1960. - ERRATA to the handbook. No place, no date. 1 p., in-16, on blue paper. - [FREAL (Claude)]. Autographed card addressed to Claude Freal. No place, 19 October. 1 p., in-16. Illustrated with a reproduction of a house drawn in black, titled ‘View of Courtaumont. Le Grand troche’ on the reverse. Signature illegible. - LE BRUN (Annie). Autograph signed letter from Annie Le Brun to “Monsieur” regarding Toyen’s drawings “Ailes et pierres, ni ailes ni pierres”. Paris, 30 January 1983. 1 page in-4, in purple ink. - LEMAÎTRE (Maurice). Typewritten letter with signature and 5 handwritten lines from Maurice Lemaître to Raymond Queneau, in support of Isidore Isou. Paris, 9 September 1976. 1 p. folio. - Autograph letter signed by *** to “Monsse”. No place, 11 January 1962. 2 pp., in-8, in pencil. - PLESSIS (Christian). Signed typewritten letter from Christian Plessis to the Satrap and Grand-Conservateur Raymond Queneau. Paris, “6 Merdre 82 E.P.”. 2 pp. in-4. Illustrated with a drawing featuring geometric motifs in coloured pencils (8 x 9 cm). - [QUENEAU (Raymond)]. Facsimile of 4 pp., in-8, beginning with “Monsieur Raymond Queneau, Satrope”. No place, no date. - [K.O. MAGAZINE]. Signed autograph letter concerning the magazine “K.O.”. No place, 23 March 1963. 1 p., quarto, on letterhead “Chaos: the quarterly magazine of fantasy and science fiction”. Signature illegible. - VERSINS (Pierre). Memo. Lausanne, “21 February 3963”. Typewritten, 1 p. in-4, pink paper. - Circular letter (with 1 handwritten line signed by Versins). Lausanne, 15 July 1963. Typewritten, 1 p. in-4, pink paper. - Autograph letter to “Maître” mentioning the dispatch of issue No. Zero of *D’Ailleurs*. Lausanne, 14 October 1963. 2 pp., in-12, in black pen. - Typescript concerning the publication of the first two issues of *D’Ailleurs*. No place, no date. Leaflet, 14 x 21 cm. - VERSINS (Pierre). 4 typescripts signed in Versins’s own hand, addressed to Raymond Queneau. 3 pp., in-4, on Futopia letterhead, dated respectively “2.2.2962”, “9.5.2962” and “6.1.2963”; and a card measuring 10 x 15 cm, dated “18.4.2963”. - 2 photocopies of letters: one autograph, signed by Pierre-Georges Castex to Mr (19 November 1972, 1 p., in-4), the other unsigned and addressed to René Gaudier (21 August 1953, 2 pp., in-8).
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