Jean Denoël Set of 3 Signed Autograph Letters The Death of Max Jacob

  
Lot of 3 signed autograph letters, 1962/1976. Publisher, executor of Jean Cocteau's will, and founder and first president of the Société des Amis de Max Jacob, for whom he is also the executor of the will.

Set of 3 signed autograph letters from Jean Denöel. Signed autograph letter addressed to a friend, dated January 10, 1962.

Written in black ink on a sheet of vellum paper with NRF letterhead. My dear friend, It is on Sunday, March 4, that we will celebrate in St Benoit the anniversary of Max Jacob's death. I would be happy if you could celebrate the mass on this occasion, in the crypt. I wish for this with all my heart. Do not delay in telling me. Yours, with all my friendly heart. Dimensions: 13.4 x 21.4 cm.

Condition: See photos and description for more details. Number of pages: 1 page. Signed autograph correspondence card to a friend, undated.

Written in black ink on a correspondence card. My dear friend, The centenary of Max Jacob's birth is approaching, it is being prepared (seriously) in Quimper for the month of July. There will be the traditional meeting in Saint Benoit in March where everything will be finalized.

I am counting firmly on your participation in these events. In Quimper, the Max Jacob room at the Museum will be restored, equipped with an audio-visual system, etc. And it will be solemnly inaugurated, there will also be a mass in the cathedral.

I am, my dear friend, like an old tree that loses not only its leaves but its branches. You are the friend whose stays still allow me to resist the winds of night and oblivion... Believe, my dear friend, in my faithful friendly thoughts.

Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.5 cm. Number of pages: 2 pages. Fragment of a signed autograph letter, dated October 16, 19?.

Written in black ink on a sheet of vellum paper. Dear father and friend, I was as touched by your response to my invitation as you were by this one.

And I would have such joy at your coming to Chantilly that I am doing everything to prepare for it. I only regret that it cannot take place on Sunday the 24th because that is the day we could have dialogued with [Bazaine] and [Manessier] between 15h and.

Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.8 cm. Designated executor of the wills of Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob, he worked to preserve and publish their works. He also played an active role in the memory of Max Jacob, notably by creating the Prize that bears his name. Max Jacob, born Max Jacob Alexandre on July 12, 1876, in Quimper and died on March 5, 1944, in Drancy, was a modernist poet, novelist, and French painter.

Jean Cocteau, born July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte and died October 11, 1963, in his home in Milly-la-Forêt, was a French poet, painter, draftsman, playwright, and filmmaker. Autograph letters, old papers, rare books, photographs, engravings, stamps... We appraise and/or buy your letters, letter collections, and rare books throughout France. Do not hesitate to contact me. Careful shipping in a rigid and waterproof package within three days.

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