MATHIEU (Georges). 20 letters and signed autograph cards, 8 dedicated books

  

Interesting archive compiled by astrologer Jacqueline Aimé on her relationship with painter Georges Mathieu, including 9 signed autograph letters (20 pages in-4) and 12 cards, most of which are on his printed letterhead (Paris, "11 bis avenue Léopold", "125, avenue Malakoff", 17 preserved envelopes). The correspondence traces a romantic friendship lasting nearly forty years, starting from a postcard dated June 18, 1966, where the "Oriental calligrapher" confesses to being charmed by the young woman: "I have been going around in circles thinking of you, distant, dear, and so melodiously present." In a long letter of 5 pages, November 15, 1975, the master of Lyrical Abstraction vigorously defends astrology: "Exactly three centuries ago, by founding the Academy of Sciences in 1666, Colbert, the abject incarnation of bourgeois accounting, launched the greatest official discredit in history on Astrology by expressly forbidding astronomers from taking an interest in it...

If after the onslaught of materialistic scientism in the 19th century the doors of universities are still closed to it, the failure of strict causality in many areas of the so-called exact sciences suggests a new situation in which all forms of Transcendence are beginning to resurge. Tomorrow, even more than during the Renaissance, Structural or Non-Structural Astrology will reclaim its rightful place." This correspondence also documents the support provided by the artist for the writing of the study dedicated to him by Jacqueline Aimé: "The Promethean Adventure of Georges Mathieu" Paris, Éditions du Garde-Temps, 2005, 176 pp. "I must tell you that I will always be indebted to you for writing this book, and how sweet it is for me to be indebted to a person like you." The painter reviews the manuscript, suggests corrections, and sends various documents (typed copies of critiques of his work and different letters, including one concerning Serge Gainsbourg).

Included are 8 books with beautiful dedications from Mathieu: - GODET Robert J. "The Judo of the Spirit.

" Paris, For my Friends, 1964, in-4, unbound in illustrated cover and red case. First edition of this treatise on spirituality, on the elevation of the spirit through the discipline of judo, including 10 fold-out compositions by Georges Mathieu, 3 of which are on fold-out pages and one on the cover. Numbered copy on Offset Phénix by Ruysscher, enhanced with a large original drawing in ballpoint pen with an autograph inscription signed by the artist dated 1965." Forcalquier, Robert Morel éditeur, s. [1967], in-8, triangular bradel binding, purple cloth publisher's cover, spine with red title, gilt edges, 229 pp.

First edition illustrated with 12 drawings by the artist. Beautiful copy of this famous book-object. Sun-faded binding (spine and front cover and without the brass clasp) but a copy not for sale enhanced with a beautiful inscription in black felt pen from the artist with a signed drawing to the astrologer "who has the privilege of guessing"... Paris, Flammarion, 1973, in-4, cream publisher's binding with title stamped in red, illustrated jacket, 96 pp. 80 reproductions including 66 in color. First edition with an inscription from the painter "For Jacqueline Aimée to whom I entrust a part of my glory and my legend," accompanied by a large and superb original drawing in black and blue with a piece of burgundy felt glued on." "Ideas," 1984, in-12, paperback, 601 pp. Amusing inscription to "my rival in prophecy" dated October 1987 on this slightly worn paperback. "Approaches to Pure Creation" (in-4 pamphlet). Communication made to the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on January 19, 1987.

Copy on Arches numbered and dedicated by the artist. "Around the Battle of Hastings." Toulouse, Espace d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Toulouse and Midi-Pyrénées, 1995, oblong in-4, black cloth publisher's binding with a stamped drawing by Mathieu on the front cover, illustrated jacket, 48 pp. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Jacobins' refectory in Toulouse from January 24 to February 27, 1995, with a beautiful signed autograph inscription in black felt dated March 1996. "Now Alone in the Presence of God.

" Lausanne, L'Age d'homme, 1998, in-8, paperback, illustrated cover, 349 pp. First edition without grand paper. Good copy enriched with a signed autograph inscription from the artist to astrologer and writer Jacqueline Aimé, "with my unwavering affection. Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, coll. "Polychrome," 2001, in-12, paperback, illustrated cover with flaps, 179 pp. Beautiful copy enriched with an inscription to astrologer and writer Jacqueline Aimé, "with the timeless tenderness of Georges Mathieu." Also included: - 3 original drawings in black felt on A4 sheets: preparatory work for two posters made for Air France in 1967 (one for Italy and the other for Great Britain).

4 photographic prints: Mathieu painting "Saint George Slaying the Dragon" (Byblos, March 15, 1961, 13 x 18 cm), opening of an exhibition at the Gobelins (agency stamp on the back, 24 x 30 and 20 x 30 cm). A text on Mathieu's work by Mark Tobey for the Wally Findlay Gallery (in-4 pamphlet), a presentation pamphlet for the exhibition at the Belgian gallery Guy Peeters in 1988 (A4 color fold-out), 4 invitation cards (exhibition at the Palais des Papes in 1985, at the Abbey of the Cordeliers in 1990, and at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1994, inauguration of the monument dedicated to the memory of his wife in the Passy cemetery in 2005), and finally, a copy of Jacqueline Aimé's book on Mathieu.