Set of documents projects of the work "A great writer and a - Lot 159

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Set of documents projects of the work "A great writer and a - Lot 159
Set of documents projects of the work "A great writer and a painter" either François Mauriac (1885-1970) / Jean Aufort (1898-1988) including : a watercolor of Jean Aufort project of cover page for "Malagar Ma maison des champs" - a facsimile letter of Mauriac to Jean Aufort - lithographs extracts of the work - preparatory work colors before printing Size watercolor : 28 x 22 cm (the whole sold as is) Note : The meeting of the artist with François Mauriac is decisive. The writer authorized Jean Aufort to illustrate his novel Commencement of a Life with 26 drawings. In 1939, he was awarded the Catenacci prize of the French Academy and the prize of encouragement to the arts of the City of Paris. In November 1972, with the agreement of the Mauriac family and with texts that the painter has chosen in the Notebooks and the Memoirs of François Mauriac, he creates and illustrates Malagar, ma maison des champs, prefaced by Jacques Chaban Delmas, Gabriel Delaunay, Henri Amouroux and Claude Mauriac. In December 1982, he wrote Un grand écrivain et un peintre, rencontre et souvenirs, a book illustrated with drawings, watercolors and facsimiles of correspondence tracing his friendship with Mauriac.
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