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125 - René Benjamin and painters and illustrators
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René Benjamin and painters and illustrators Lot comprising correspondence, prints, handwritten notes and press cuttings FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Lot comprising over 45 letters and postcards, 1926–1968, addressed to René Benjamin and his family, including: Letter from the sender, Les Colombières, Menton, 22 January 1926, Ferdinand Bac (1859–1952) Postcard, 22 October 1927, Jean-Louis Forain (1852–1931), painter, illustrator and engraver 3 letters and postcards from Maxime Réal del Sarte (1888–1954), sculptor Albert Besnard (1849–1934), painter and engraver: press cuttings, exhibition brochure for Albert Besnard, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris 1927; ‘How to Paint a Portrait’, a lecture by Albert Besnard, issue no. 6, 1 March 1927, *Conferencia*; ‘Albert Besnard, the King of Painters’, an article by René Benjamin published in the *Revue Universelle* on 15 July 1929, plus handwritten notes by René Benjamin on loose sheets, over 50 pp. in-8 and in-4, on the career and works of Albert Besnard Albert Besnard (1849–1934), painter and engraver The Donkey and the Boat Chisel Signed lower right 17 x 22.5 cm 23 letters from the artist/to the artist, 1927–1968, Philippe Besnard (1885–1971), sculptor, and his wife Germaine Desgranges (1892–1974), sculptor and painter, plus a brochure for the ‘Philippe Besnard Sculptures’ exhibition, Galerie Ecalle, Paris, 1928 Charles Pinet (1867–1932), painter and etcher The Pont Neuf and the Cité The Covered Bridges 2 etchings 15 x 22 and 9 x 14 cm (with foxing) Evan de Lapeyrière (1907–1994), painter Fougères Castle in Brittany Watercolour on paper Signed lower left 26 × 36 cm (tears) 15 autograph letters (L.A.S.) and signed letters (L.S.), 1928–1947, mostly on Union Bibliophilique de France letterhead, Maximilien Vox, born Samuel William Théodore Monod (1894–1974), engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, publisher 2 letters from the author, Vaudéville (Vosges), 11 July and 3 August 1943, André Jacquemin (1904–1992), painter, engraver and illustrator + photograph of André Jacquemin sketching Le Plessis for ‘L’homme à la recherche de son âme’, 16 June 1943, 14.5 x 9 cm 2 handwritten letters, 1943, Jean Picart Le Doux (1902–1982), painter and tapestry artist + photograph of the portrait of René Benjamin painted by Picart Le Doux, 21 x 17.5 cm + handwritten notes, made whilst his portrait was being painted in Picart Le Doux’s studio, 4 pp. in-8 FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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