Null Fernand Fortuné TRUFFAUD (1866-1955)
Courtyard on Rue de l'Épée de bois - P…

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Fernand Fortuné TRUFFAUD (1866-1955) Courtyard on Rue de l'Épée de bois - Paris, 1907 Pencil and watercolor signed, dated and located 25 x 35 cm on view Frame

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Fernand Fortuné TRUFFAUD (1866-1955) Courtyard on Rue de l'Épée de bois - Paris, 1907 Pencil and watercolor signed, dated and located 25 x 35 cm on view Frame

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GOURVILLE (Jean Hérault de): Mémoires, concernant les affaires ausquelles il a été employé par la Cour, depuis 1642, jusqu'en 1698. Paris, Estienne Ganeau, 1724. 2 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. (2)-333; (2)-338-(5) pages. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, red title-pieces. Minor spotting and restoration on one cover. Very good binding despite these defects. Paper sometimes slightly scorched. First edition. The financial distress of the nobility in the 17th century Bourgeois et André, S.H.F. 808. "Jean Hérault, who later became Seigneur de Gourville, is a typical example of a man of humble origins who, in the 17th century, made his fortune in finance by means that were often unscrupulous. Born on the lands of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, he entered the service of his family and spent ten years as butler to the author of the memoirs, following him during the Flanders War and the Fronde. In contact with members of the highest nobility, whose fortunes he skilfully administered and whom he occasionally helped with his money, he never forgot his own particular interests: as quartermaster in the army of Catalonia, where he met Fouquet, then as general collector of sizes in Guyenne, he was able to enrich himself quickly and greatly. Having already been locked up in the Bastille in 1655, he fled to Burgundy and then abroad when Fouquet was disgraced. The services he rendered to the King in his dealings with the Dukes of Brunswick and Hanover made people forget his death sentence in absentia, and Gourville was able to return to France in 1668. He obtained letters of abolition, lived at court, was entrusted with several diplomatic missions, and became so influential that he was even designated as Colbert's successor (1683). He lived the last years of his life in peace, honored by the friendship of the greatest figures of the time - Condé, Mme de Sévigné, Boileau, etc. - and died making honest use of his dishonestly acquired fortune. [...] This early Gil Blas took too personal a viewpoint to be of interest to posterity: however, in speaking of himself, he was led to expose, since he was a man of finance, the financial situation of the states he traversed in the course of his negotiations, and especially that of the nobles who had recourse to his skill. In this sense, his memoirs are curious: others have described the political weakness of the aristocracy during the Fronde; Gourville makes us aware of its financial distress." (S.H.F.).

Estim. 7 000 - 7 500 EUR

HELEN LEVITT (New York, 1913-2009). "NYC. Masked children on stop", New York, 1940. Gelatin silver, later print. Signed, dated and inscribed "N.Y.C." in pencil (on reverse). Provenance: From the private collection of Schroeder New Jersey. Measurements: 19.4 x 27.7 cm (image); 28 x 34.8 cm (paper). Helen Levitt is considered one of the most relevant photographers of the 20th century and one of the forerunners of today's independent cinema. She belongs to the so-called New York school, which defended a direct and aseptic street photography. She was a student of Walker Evans and Cartier-Bresson, Ben Shanhn and the circle of the Photo League of New York, from whom she learned that search for the instant. Her way of capturing gestures, bodies in movement, the language of the street, have turned her work almost into an anthropological study. In 1939 Helen Levitt's photos were already published in magazines such as Fortune, US Camera, Minicam and PM. Her best known work is in black and white and in the documentary genre, putting her lens on the streets and the inhabitants of the city, especially the children. Proof of this is the exhibition "Helen Lewitt: Photographs of Children" that MoMA in New York dedicated to her in 1943. During her trip to Mexico in 1941 she also portrayed street children. In the 1970s, Levitt photographed the streets of New York with color slides and implemented it into her own language as another resource. It should be noted that he always had a vocation for filmmaking: it was in the 1940s when he made his first documentary film projects, under the orders of the Spanish film director Luis Buñuel, who was exiled in the United States because of the Spanish Civil War. In 1948 he directed the film "In the Street" and "The Quiet One".

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Violin made by Amédée Dieudonné in Mirecourt in 1941, Guarnerius model, with original label and iron mark inside. Excellent condition. Size 354/355 mm on the back. Accompanied by an ebony nickel silver study bow. In case. EXPERT : Serge et Florent Boyer Luthiers Experts près La Cour d'Appel de Paris 39 Rue de liège 75008 Paris (France) A certificate of authenticity can be issued for the violin free of charge by our expert if it is sold for more than 4,000 euros including expenses, and for an additional 300 euros excluding VAT if it is sold for less than 4,000 euros.

Estim. 280 - 420 EUR

Convolute Silver Coins Empire eight times 5 Mark, including Prussia, Bavaria, Baden etc., mainly ss; 5 Mark Prussia 1914 A, Wilhelm II. in uniform, vz with patina; 5 Mark Saxony 1914 E, Friedrich August, vz; three times 3 Mark Saxony and Bavaria, ss; 2 Mark Prussia 1913 A, Wilhelm II. in uniform, vz with patina; Ausbeutealer Saxony 1866 B, Johann, ss; Krönungstaler Prussia 1861, vz; Madonnentaler Bavaria 1759, Maximilian I., ss, and silver medal Leipzig 1895, obverse Justitia with scales and sword, reverse the new German Imperial Court of Justice building in Leipzig, fz.

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