[Paul ELUARD]. Willy RONIS. Portrait of Paul Eluard. [1948]. Original photograph (24.2 x 18 cm), stamped on verso. Beautiful photograph of Paul Eluard seated, pen in hand, after signing a copy of Voir (éditions des Trois Collines, 1948). An amusing signed autograph covering the photograph of the open book pages: A Claude Roy qui sait Voir Claire, Paul Eluard Claude Roy and Paul Eluard were comrades-in-arms from 1941 within the Étoiles network. The mailing refers to Claire Roy, the poet's first wife. Annotations for reproduction on back.

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