AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

GOBERT PIERRE: (1662-1744) French portrait painter, the preferred painter of the great ladies of the court during the reign of King Louis XIV. D.S...

DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French Painter. Regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school, he is also considered one of the last old Mast...

‘I would really like Prince Napoleon to be able to see my work….’  DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French Romantic painter. A.L.S., Eug Delacroix, o...

DELACROIX EUGENE: (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school. A.L.S., Eug. Delacroix, in the third person, one page, 8vo, n.p., 6th February...

COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1796-1875) French Painter. A.L.S., `C. Corot´, one page, 8vo, Paris, 12th February 1859, to Mr. Cuvelier in Calais, in Frenc...

COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE: (1796-1875) French landscape and portrait painter. A.L.S., C Corot, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to a lady, in French. ...

CHAPLIN CHARLES JOSHUA: (1825-1891) French painter and printmaker, remembered for his elegant portraits of young women. A.L.S., Ch. Chaplin, four ...

PUVIS DE CHAVANNES PIERRE: (1824-1898) French painter. A.L.S., P. Puvis de Chavannes, one page, 12mo (folding Carte-Lettre stationery), n.p. (Pari...

ROPS FELICIEN: (1833-1898) Belgian artist. A.L.S., Felicien Rops, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Nys, in French. Rops informs his correspondent tha...

TISSOT JAMES: (1836-1902) French painter and illustrator. A.L.S., James Tissot, two pages, 8vo, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne (Paris), 20th May 1883,...

FANTIN-LATOUR HENRI: (1836-1904) French painter. D.S., H. Fantin-Latour, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 23rd April 1893, in French. The brief typesc...

One of the very few known letters of Gauguin to his early champion Albert Aurier, the critic who also praised van Gogh and was the first to decla...

CEZANNE PAUL: (1839-1906) French Post-Impressionist painter. A.L.S., P Cezanne, two pages, 8vo, Le Tholonet, 8th September 1897, to [Emile] Solari...

‘the door is broken so come quick because thieves could come’ CEZANNE PAUL:(1839-1906) French Post-Impressionist painter & PISSARRO LUCIEN (1863-1...

PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter & LUCIEN (1863-1944) French landscape painter, printmaker, wood engraver, designer, and...

Pissarro provides his frank advice to an aspiring artist PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. Autograph draft of a letter, ...

‘I don’t know yet if he likes these paintings, he hasn’t said a word’  PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A good A.L.S., ...

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French painter. A.L.S., Renoir, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), small 8vo, n....

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Renoir, one page, 8vo, Cagnes, 12th January 1910, to Mademoiselle Paule G...

`I don't like that, it's already enough to display your own works without exposing oneself..´ MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist Pain...

An attractive letter on Monet’s printed stationery from Giverny, arranging a visit for his friend, the artist Jules Cheret MONET CLAUDE: (1840-19...

HOSCHEDE MONET ALICE: (1844-1911) French artists' model, wife of the art collector Ernest Hoschede and later of the Impressionist painter Claude M...

CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE: (1848-1894) French painter associated with the Impressionists. A.L.S., G Caillebotte, one page, small 8vo, Petit Gennevillier...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French Painter and Illustrator. A very fine A.L.S., `Yours, Harry´, signed in an amusing way in English, fo...

BONNAT LEON: (1833-1922) French painter. A.L.S., Ln. Bonnat, two pages, small 8vo, Rue de Bassano (Paris), n.d. ('Samedi'), to a lady, in French. ...

SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935) French Neo-Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Paul Signac, one page, 8vo, Les Maraniousques, Viviers, Ardeche, 1st August n.y...

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. A good, large signed monochrome 14.5 x 11 reproduction of one of Matisse's pencil drawings of the head o...

DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A brief T.L.S., Raoul Dufy, one page, 4to, Domaine de Rozes, 11th October 1947, to a gentleman, in...

PICABIA FRANCIS: (1879-1953) French avant-garde painter associated with Cubism. A.L.S., Francis, one page, 4to, Rue Danielle Casanova (Paris), n.d...

LEGER FERNAND: (1881-1955) French painter, sculptor and filmmaker. A.L.S., F Leger (and again Fernand Leger beneath), two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (...

LAURENCIN MARIE: (1883-1956) French painter, an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Sectio...

SEGONZAC ANDRE DUNOYER DE: (1884-1974) French painter and graphic artist. A.L.S., A. Dunoyer de Segonzac, one page, 12mo (folding Carte Pneumatiqu...

MAGRITTE RENE: (1898-1967) Belgian surrealist artist. A.L.S., Rene Magritte, two pages, 8vo, Rue des Mimosas, Brussels, 15th December 1961, to 'Ch...

MAGRITTE RENE: (1898-1967) Belgian surrealist artist. A.L.S., Rene, two pages, 8vo, Rue des Mimosas, Brussels, 7th December 1962, to his cousin, i...

‘inspiration is always possible – if not present – whatever happiness or unhappiness is present’ MAGRITTE RENE: (1898-1967) Belgian surrealist ar...

CHAGALL MARC: (1887-1985) Russian-born French artist. A.L.S., Marc Chagall, two pages, 4to, n.p., 21st May 1925, to a gentleman, in French. Chagal...

MATHIEU GEORGES: (1921-2012) French abstract painter. A.L.S., Georges Mathieu, two pages (separate leaves), 4to, Avenue de Malakoff, Paris, August...

SOULAGES PIERRE: (1919-2022) French Painter and Engraver. A very fine signed 8 x 10 photograph `Amicalement, Soulages´, the artistic image showing...

MONDRIAN PIET: (1872-1944) Dutch painter, a pioneer of 20th century abstract art. A rare A.L.S., P. Mondrian, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 2nd March 1926...

VAN DONGEN KEES: (1877-1968) Dutch-French painter. A.N.S., Van Dongen, one page, 4to, Rue Juliette Lamber, Paris, n.d., on attractive stationery f...

VAN DONGEN KEES: (1877-1968) Dutch-French painter. A.L.S., Kees Van Dongen, two pages, 4to, Villa Said (Paris), 5th July n.y. (1940s), to a friend...

VAN DONGEN KEES: (1877-1968) Dutch-French painter. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of the elegantly dressed artist stan...

KLEE PAUL: (1879-1940) Swiss-born German artist. A.L.S., Klee, four pages, 8vo, Dusseldorf, 9th December 1933, to Doctor [Alois] Schardt, in Germa...

DE CHIRICO GIORGIO: (1888-1978) Italian artist, founder of the scuola metafisica art movement which greatly influenced the surrealists. Signed 13 ...

‘A publication on your collection would……render a good service to the cause of our national dignity which today is dragged into the mud by the wor...

GOYA FRANCISCO JOSE DE: (1746-1828) Spanish Painter. Goya is considered the most important Spanish Painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuri...

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. Signed colour 10 x 8 paper stock reproduction of one of Picasso's...

MAAR DORA: (1907-1997) French photographer, painter and poet, a romantic partner of Pablo Picasso (from 1935-43) and the subject of several of his...

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist. A.L.S., Miro, one page, 4to, Palma, Mallorca, 13th May 1962, on his personal prin...

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter. An excellent, lengthy and early A.L.S., Miro, three pages, 4to, Barcelona, 7th April 1934, to [Christian] ...

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artist. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard, the image depicting the artist's work Adelaide's Promise (1969...

TAPIES ANTONI: (1923-2012) Spanish Painter and Sculptor. A leading Avant-garde and Art Informal European figure. A good signed colour 7 x 5 photog...

ERNST MAX: (1891-1976) German painter, sculptor, printmaker and graphic artist, a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe. B...

AUERBACH FRANK: (1931-     ) German-born British painter. Signed colour 5 x 7 photograph of the artist standing in a three-quarter length pose in ...

KUPKA FRANTISEK: (1871-1957) Czech Painter and graphic Artist. A pioneer of the abstract art movement. A very fine and interesting A.L.S., `Kupka´...

LANCERAY EUGENE: (1875-1946) Russian graphic artist, painter, sculptor, and illustrator. A.L.S., E. Lanceray, to the recto and verso of a postcard...

RIVERA DIEGO: (1886-1957) Mexican painter. T.L.S., Diego Rivera, one page, 4to, Coyoacan, Mexico, 3rd February 1947, to Nettie King. Rivera thanks...

BAYER HERBERT: (1900-1985) Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor and architect. T.L.S., herbert bayer, one page, 4to...

TWOMBLY CY: (1928-2011) American painter, sculptor and photographer. Book signed, being a soft cover edition of Cy Twombly im Lindenau-Museum Alte...

GECHTOFF SONIA: (1926-2018) American abstract expressionist painter. Signed 5 x 7 photograph of the artist seated in a half-length pose. Signed ('...