Unnumbered copy of limited first edition of Jean Cocteau's L'ode à Picasso (Paris: La Belle Edition, 1919), heavly annotated by Cocteau. Laid in: business card of Louis Broder, with autograph manuscript note, signed.
Description:
Formerly owned by Louis Broder. Purchased from John McWhinnie on Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008., Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French author and filmmaker., and Title devised by cataloger.
Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers. Correspondence consists of letters to Dunan from writers, editors, friends, and others including Louis Artus, Jean Bouchary, Rodolphe Bringer, André Coeuroy, Paul Louis Couchoud, Henry D. Davray, Pierre Dominique, Gustave Geffroy, Henri Guilac, Maurice Hamel, Charles Hennebois, René Jouglet, René Kieffer, Albert Lantoine, Paul Laffitte, René Maran, Victor Margueritte, Jacques Natanson, Pierre Rives, Edmond Rocher, Guillermo de Torre, and Octave Uzanne. Writings consists of numerous short drafts, corrected. Other papers include a small quantity of clippings, financial records, manuscript fragments, and printed ephemera.
Description:
Purchased from Les Amazones on the Edith and Richard French Fund, 2009. and Renée Dunan, French author and poet.