Dichter (1895-1952). "Le mirage". Autograph poem. O. O. u. D. 1 S. Gr.-4to.
$ 2,686 / 2.500 €
(49330/BN33665)
"Est-ce dit | Le regard de torture | Le regard plus inquiet qu'un rat chez les bêtes | Inquier d'une femme cachée | Refusée | Qui ressemble à ce que je n'écris pas." - Éluard's poem was first published in "La vie immèdiate" in 1932. - Formerly framed and strongly browned.
French poet (1895-1952). "Le temps d'un éclair". Autograph poem signed. N. p. Folio (ca. 267 x 407 mm). 1 p. (17 lines). Framed and glazed (457 x 599 mm).
$ 9,133 / 8.500 €
(88864/BN58807)
Spectacular manuscript written on paper with a gilt-stamped border and illustrated with a photograph pasted and captioned by Paul Éluard. The poem "Le temps d'un éclair" was published in Éluard's anthology "La Vie immédiate" (1932): "Elle n'est pas là. / La femme au tablier guette la pluie aux vitres / En spectacle tous les nuages jouent au plus fin / Une fillette de peu de poids / Passée au bleu / Joue sur un canapé crevé / Le silence a des remords [...]". - The small photograph (60 x 42 mm), pasted to the left of the first verse, shows the head and torso of a nude young woman.
Éluard quotes his poem in the caption: "Une fillette de peu de poids / Passée au bleu" ("A young girl of little weight / Vanished into the blue"). The slight fading of the photograph even underscores its appropriateness as a congenial illustration of Éluard's poem: the allegory of a young girl's disappearance. - Traces of folds. With minor stains due to abrasions. Formerly in the collection of André Breton..