Lot 49
- 49
Baudelaire, Charles
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Baudelaire, Charles
- Autograph letter signed ("Charles Baudelaire"), to Albert Collignon
- ink and paper
1 page (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in; 210 x 133 mm), [Paris], 22 rue d'Amsterdam; formerly folded, lightly browned and stained, formerly mounted with glue residue on the corners of the verso.
Provenance
Collection Marcel Lévy-Danon, Pairs, Drouot, 1935, n° 373.
Literature
Charles Baudelaire, Correspondance, II, La Pleiade, p 354.
Condition
formerly folded, lightly browned and stained, formerly mounted with glue residue on the corners of the verso.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In March 1964, 3 poems of Baudelaire, "Sur le Tasse en prison d'Eugene Delacroix," "Bien loin d'ici" and "Le Gouffre," were published by Albert Collignon, editor of the Revue Nouvelle. He asks Mr. Collignon to be paid for them, whatever price seems fair.
About to leave for Brussels, he was to finish there his new book Poemes en prose. He would like to know if the editor is still interested in publishing some of them and proposes to send him fragments: "Je ne sais pas si vous etes toujours dans l'intention d'imprimer des poemes en prose. Je finirai l'ouvrage a Bruxelles et de là j'enverrai des fragments aux personnes qui m'ont fait l'honneur de m'en demander". Collignon was not to publish the Poemes en prose.
About to leave for Brussels, he was to finish there his new book Poemes en prose. He would like to know if the editor is still interested in publishing some of them and proposes to send him fragments: "Je ne sais pas si vous etes toujours dans l'intention d'imprimer des poemes en prose. Je finirai l'ouvrage a Bruxelles et de là j'enverrai des fragments aux personnes qui m'ont fait l'honneur de m'en demander". Collignon was not to publish the Poemes en prose.