847 - FINE ARTS: PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, etc. Excellent lot. Vintage uniform envelopes with handwritten names.

FINE ARTS: PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, etc. Excellent lot. Vintage uniform envelopes with handwritten names. BRETON, Jules (1827–1906). Set of 7 signed autograph letters and one C.A.S., 1882–1890. 16 pages of various sizes. A few envelopes. Fine correspondence: “I am currently working on an important painting that is completely absorbing me”; he is finishing “a painting of Brittany” for the Salon, etc.; RAFFAELLI, Jean-François (1850–1924). Autograph letter, signed, 1902. Visit to his studio; “the paints are available at Lefranc […]. There will be an exhibition at Durand-Ruel on the 24th of the 9th featuring paintings and pastels executed with my paints [?] by the best of our colleagues […]”; DEMONT, Adrien (1851–1928), painter, owner of the fantastic Neo-Egyptian “typhonium” in Wissant. Letter from the author (L.A.S.). Douai, 1889. 1 p., in-8; NEUVILLE, Alphonse de. Letter from the author (L.A.S.). No place, no date. 2 pp., in-12. Amusing letter about the Cossacks with a small pen-and-ink drawing. “No fur hat! […] No uniform either. Just a Cossack saddle, a Cossack whip […] everything that makes up a Cossack’s and his horse’s gear […]. As for a uniform, I would want only one: that of an officer in the Imperial Family’s light infantry […]”; BENJAMIN CONSTANT. Set of 4 handwritten letters. 1895–1896. 5 pp. ½ in-8. Return from America, engraving of Beethoven’s portrait, etc.; BLANC, Charles (1813–1882). Set of 2 documents. L.A.S. and C.V.A.S. 1849 and undated; HENNER, Jean-Jacques. Set of 6 documents: 3 letters from the author and 3 autograph notes, one of which is signed. 4 pp. in-8 or in-12 and 3 pp. in-16 oblong; BAC, Ferdinand. Set of 7 documents: 5 letters from the author, one signed autograph postcard, and one labeled drawing depicting a hen, an egg, and a cup of chamomile tea. 1906–1911. Approximately 11 pp. of various sizes. An amusing, witty conversation. In it, he describes himself, among other things, as “a puppet tucked into the petticoats of the ‘marquises’ […] Only one detail must have shocked you in this portrait. I have never called a countess ‘countess.’ That’s something that only happens in novels. I call her ‘Madame,’ just as I do the Empress.” He recounts his travels, etc. A postcard with a drawing of a hen and the caption: “[…] What would you like for lunch tomorrow? An egg and a cup of chamomile tea. 1889 and 1891”; LA NÉZIÈRE, Joseph Daviel de (1873–1944). Autograph letter, 1910. 2 pp. ½ in-8. Regarding a loan of canvas; VEBER, Jean (1864–1928). Autograph letter, 1905. 1 p. ½ in-8. “Pierre is very nervous and anxious about this new play […]”; LEMAIRE, Madeleine (1845–1928). Letter from the author. No place, no date. 1 p. in-8. Blue paper, letterhead with her monogram. “[…] your choruses were excellent […]”; BRETON, Émile. C.V.A.S. to Mr. Alfred Marchand; BAIL, Joseph Bail. L.A.S. 1916; ROUJON, Henry. Signed letter, 1901; DUPRÉ, Julien (1851–1910). Signed letter, 1885; BARON, Théodore (1840–1899). Signed letter to Jules Vautier, Antwerp; ROLL, Alfred. Signed autograph letter. No place, no date. 1 p., in-8; GUILLAUME, Eugène (1822–1905). Set of 6 autograph calling cards (3 signed) and one signed autograph letter; DELAUNAY, Jules-Élie (1828–1891), autograph letter. Paris, 1889. On the praise of caricature; FAIVRE, Abel. Set of 3 documents: 2 autograph letters written and one autograph card, two of which are addressed to Ferdinand Bac, caricaturist; LAURENS, Jean-Paul. Autograph letter written; DETAILLE, Edouard. Set of 2 signed autograph letters. 1890–1891. 3 pp., in-8; LEFEBVRE, Jules. Set of 2 autograph calling cards, one of which is signed; ROBIDA, Albert. Autograph letter to Ferdinand Bac, caricaturist. 1903. Proofs for printing