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FORT, Paul (1872–1960). Autograph manuscript signed ‘Paul Fo…
See original version (French)
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FORT, Paul (1872–1960). Autograph manuscript signed ‘Paul Fo…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
FORT, Paul (1872–1960).
Autograph manuscript signed ‘Paul Fort’, Ballades de la Mer, des Ports et des Rivages, [1896]; 27 pages, quarto (edges slightly frayed on pages 1 and 27).
Description:
A carefully calligraphied manuscript for Albert SAMAIN, with the following dedication on the title page: ‘To Albert Samain as a token of admiration and unwavering friendship. Paul Fort’. These Ballades were included in the third series of *Ballades* (Éditions du Livre d’art et de l’Épreuve, 1896); they are numbered from I to XXV. Here is the opening of the first: ‘There is no sea, there is no sky, there is only a beautiful blue wall brought to life by the wings of bright butterflies, where bindweed barely stirs’… And the end of the last one: ‘It is only at the edge of the sky that your storms wear themselves out, beyond the clouds, in the quivering azure; it is only at the heart of the sky, where the planets dream, that your revolutions take shape and fall into order.’
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