Null Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972, The famous singer and actor) - Alex ALSTONE (…

Description

Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972, The famous singer and actor) - Alex ALSTONE (1903-1982, American composer) / Moving souvenir: important autograph musical manuscript signed and dedicated by Alex Alstone of the song "La Prière à Maman" composed as a tribute to Maurice Chevalier's mother, 2 p large in-4 on music paper plus title page: "Je dédie cette mélodie à la très brave et respectable Maman de notre cher er grand Maurice avec toute mon admiration", given in New York on April 11, 1947 - Maurice Chevalier had written the lyrics in memory of his dear Maman, Joséphine Chevalier (née van der Bossche, 1852-1929), whom he affectionately nicknamed "La Louque" - This manuscript was titled in blue ink by Maurice Chevalier, who laminated it in a folder (cover also titled in blue ink by his hand) - This song passed into Maurice Chevalier's repertoire under the simple title of "Prière".

163

Online

Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972, The famous singer and actor) - Alex ALSTONE (1903-1982, American composer) / Moving souvenir: important autograph musical manuscript signed and dedicated by Alex Alstone of the song "La Prière à Maman" composed as a tribute to Maurice Chevalier's mother, 2 p large in-4 on music paper plus title page: "Je dédie cette mélodie à la très brave et respectable Maman de notre cher er grand Maurice avec toute mon admiration", given in New York on April 11, 1947 - Maurice Chevalier had written the lyrics in memory of his dear Maman, Joséphine Chevalier (née van der Bossche, 1852-1929), whom he affectionately nicknamed "La Louque" - This manuscript was titled in blue ink by Maurice Chevalier, who laminated it in a folder (cover also titled in blue ink by his hand) - This song passed into Maurice Chevalier's repertoire under the simple title of "Prière".

Auction is over for this lot. See the results

You may also like

Estim. 35 000 - 45 000 EUR

BERNAR VENET (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France, 1941). "Random Combination of Points", 2013. Collage and graphite on paper. Signed, dated and titled in the lower right corner. Attached certificate issued by the Guy Pieters Gallery. Measurements: 105 x 75 cm; 117 x 86.5 cm (frame). Lines and dots have been the backbone of Bernar Venet's most emblematic proposals. The randomness referred to in the title of this work refers to the artist's interest in questioning mathematical and social determinism, introducing unpredictability and creative chaos. However, underlying her works is a structured plan, with which she is interested in underlining the irresolvable paradox between both principles: chance and determination, order and disorder. Cosmos and chaos are the yin and yang of creation. This particular piece has been related to the experimental and aleatoric music of John Cage. Conceptual artist Bernar Venet is best known for his precise and mathematically rigorous sculptures, often made of steel. Painting, collage and charcoal are also his means of expression. Within his artistic practice, he has also carried out continuous experiments with other industrial materials, such as coal and asphalt. In the 1960s, Venet was influenced by the work of Arman and the New Realists working in Paris, and began making cardboard sculptures. A visit to New York in 1966 brought him closer to Minimalism, and he subsequently shared a studio with Arman in midtown Manhattan and interacted with artists such as Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt. In the decades that followed, the artist honed his signature style and his work came to reflect his ongoing formal artistic investigations. In 2005 he was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honor, and in 2014 he inaugurated the Venet Foundation, a museum and archive of his work. This year 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of Venet's seminal work Tas de charbon (1963), made of charcoal, which heralded the beginning of his meticulous research practice. Bernar Venet was born in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence but has lived and worked in New York since 1966. His work has explored a variety of media - sculpture, painting, photography, film, performance, music and design - but always maintaining the desire for his works to generate questions and bring something new to the art world. In 2011 the sculptor installed monumental works in the gardens of Versailles1 and in the domaine de Marly. Venet's work is part of the collection of prestigious museums such as The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garde, Washington and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. To date, he has more than 30 monumental works and public sculptures installed in cities around the world such as Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Denver. He has participated in documenta 6 and the 56th Venice Biennale. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards including the Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris, the decoration as Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and the International Sculpture Center's 2016 Lifetime Achievement. Recent events: 2021 Major exhibition "L'hypothèse de la gravité" at the Louvre-Lens during the summer, and the RELIEFS exhibition at the Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen in Germany. Numerous publications this year, starting with the Louvre-Lens exhibition catalog published with Skira, as well as books on the Tas de charbon (Pile of charcoal), a study of Venet's work on paper (Dessins), a catalog raisonné on the artist's entire photographic oeuvre and, finally, a book on the Venet Foundation. Year 2022: a five-month retrospective covering the artist's career from 1961 to 2021, focusing on performances, paintings and sculptures, on 8,000 m2, at the Tempelhof Kunsthalle in Berlin. A catalog of the exhibition is published by éditions Dilecta. Publication of the biography Bernar Venet. Toute une vie pour l'art, by Catherine Francblin (éditions Gallimard), and a catalog raisonné on the artist's photographic work (éditions Marval-Rue Visconti) accompanied by photographic prints in his gallery. The exhibition "Si les canards pataugent alors 5 est un nombre premier" at the Centre International de Poésie de Marseille (CIPM), curated by director Michaël Batalla, is followed by poetry readings and a conference. Exhibition at Waddington Custot (London) with Venet's work on angles. Exhibition at Kasmin (New York), where he performs the piece Accident, and for which an exhibition catalog (with a text by Maurice Fréchuret) is published. 2023 Exhibitions at Perrotin's three Parisian galleries, where Venet presents new paintings, GRIBS, works on paper, as well as a double installation of Arches in Place Vendôme (curated by Jérôme Sans), followed by lectures with Thierry Raspail, Philippe Piguet, Guy Boyer and Catherine Francblin. The Coal Pile (1963) celebrates its 60th anniversary with four presentations of

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

AVIATION Important collection of letters and manuscripts on aviation, its pioneers and aces, airplanes, airlines, etc. Abel Hureau de Villeneuve (5, 1881-1890, about the founding of a practical aerostation school, the 1883 Aeronautical Exhibition, the Nadar collection, etc., to Gaston Tissandier, and to Professor Garcel, plus 2 leaflets). Project for an airplane with drawing, addressed to Gaston Tissandier (1882). General Pierre-Georges Laurent (certificate, and authorization for Captain Duchêne to conduct free balloon ascents, 1900). Ferdinand Ferber (1907). Commandant Gency to Duchêne (1907). E. Lallemand (Lunéville aeronautical park, 1908). Louis Chevalier (on the back of a postcard showing an aircraft in the workshop, 1911). Prince de Nissole (to Gaston Tissandier, inviting him to check his Paris-Pau departure, 1911). Adolphe Messimy (congratulations to Louis-Auguste Duchêne on his Aéroplane étudié et calculé..., 1911). Charles Maurain (Institut aérotechnique de l'Université de Paris 1912, about Wright, plus a prospectus printed by the Institut). Robert Baudouin-Rollane (interesting letter to J. Mortane on "our setbacks in military aviation", 1913). E. Desfontaine (Construction d'appareils aériens, invoice, 1913). Émile Paumier (6, including 5 long technical letters to Louis Chevalier, one with sketches and schematics, plus a set of construction plans on paper, 1913-1916). Jacques Hébert (3 to Louis Chevalier, 1914, one with photo). Marcel Merat, Souvenir de mon premier vol en aéroplane, a marvelous account of his outing with Captain Leclerc in a Farman (March 29, 1914), and Mon troisième vol en aéroplane exécuté à Villacoublay à bord du biplan Dorand piloted by the famous aviator Brindejonc des Moulinais (May 28, 1914). Commandant André-Casimir Biard (forbidding Louis Chevalier to carry out aeroplane flights, Le Havre 1915). Louis-Auguste Duchêne (minute d'un rapport après une visite au Creusot, au colonel Pénelon, avec réponses d'Albert Thomas, ministre de la Guerre et de Pénelon, 1915). Hubert Lyautey (congratulations to Duchêne, also signed by General Gossot, 1917). Georges Ravaine (to a balloonist, 1926). Julien Mamet (about an aviation meeting, Escadrille Mamet. Escadrille de propagande aéronautique 1927). Charles Froissart (2, exhibiting meeting programs, Ligue internationale des aviateurs 1927). Louis Bréguet (subscription bulletin for the Comptoir des approvisionnements de l'aviation et de l'aérostation, 1926, plus a typed text, "Quel fut mon vol le plus émouvant", headed Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet). Louis Blériot (2 bulletins de souscription au Comptoir, 1926-1931; other bulletins by Henry Potez, Gabriel Arnaud); and some twenty proxies given to Farman, Caudron, Granet, J. Bréguet, etc., for general meetings of the Comptoir des Approvisionnements de l'aviation et de l'aérostation, 1920-1935, signed by Gabriel Arnaud, René Caudron, Léon Clément, Dick Farman, Henry Kapferer, etc.). Robert Esnault-Pelterie (brochure of his lecture on L'Exploration par fusées de la très haute atmosphère et la possibilité des voyages interplanétaires (1928), with a.s. dispatch). Léon Bathiat (2 to Alphonse Malfanti, 1933-1962, Les Vieilles Tiges). Joseph Sadi-Lecointe (to Malfanti, Association des Professionnels navigants de l'aviation 1933). Charles Belhague (to Duchêne, regarding an offer for the 81 empenné projectile, 1935). Gabriel Voisin (5, mostly to his "old brother" Malfanti, 1938-1963). Henri Molla (3, to Malfanti, 1957-1961). Joseph Frantz (beautiful letter about his former mechanic and machine-gunner Louis Quenault, 1958). Maurice Allard (14, including 2 on the back of old postcards, in Malfanti, 1961-1963). Willy Coppens de Houthulst (25, often long, to Dr. Fernand Fossier, evoking the beginnings of aviation, his pride and disappointment as a military pilot, Bellonte, Lindbergh, Costes, Weiss, Olieslagers and other Belgian aviators, 1970-1975)... Others from Robert Grandseigne (4), Santos-Dumont (dedication to H. de Parville), etc.

Current bid 150 EUR

Singers and actors. Mariane Oswald, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier, Fred Aster, George Murphy, Marlène Dietrich, Louis Jouvet, Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Tino Rossi, Jacques Brel, Charlie Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Mike Brant, Léo Ferré, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, John Wayne, Bruce Lee, Alain Delon, Edith Piaf, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Grace Jones, etc. Large lot of press prints, reprints and miscellaneous. Various formats. Folds and tears.

Estim. 400 - 800 EUR

Francois Batet (1921-2015) – Attributed

Online payments are secured by Ingenico and encrypted transactions.

Each lot has been authenticated and appraised by an Auction House.

Consult our FAQ or contact us

Composed of several subsidiaries, the Drouot Group is a major player in the art market. Hôtel Drouot, located in the heart of Paris, has been the world's largest public auction center since 1852. 15 salerooms are available to more than 70 auction houses. The emulation generated by an annual offer of 230,000 artworks from 21 major specialities - from Antiquity to street art - attracts some 3,000 visitors every day. The Group's digital platform, Drouot.com, offers digital sales - Live auctions (live broadcasting and participation in auctions), Online-only auctions (dematerialised auctions) and Buy Now sales (sales of lots at fixed prices). Nearly 2 million items are offered annually by 600 auction houses. Auction news is reported every week in La Gazette Drouot, the leading weekly magazine for the art market and culture published by Auctionspress.

More about Drouot

Drouot certified auction houses

Contacts

HÔTEL DROUOT

9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris, France

+33 (0)1 48 00 20 00

[email protected]

DROUOT.com

[email protected]