Paul VALÉRY (1871-1945). Autograph poem signed, Pour Antoine, 1941; 1page in-4. Dizain dated "5 mai xli" (1941), written for the gala evening Triomphe d'Antoine at the Comédie Française organized by Sacha Guitry for the benefit of André Antoine (actor, director, founder of the Théâtre Libre), on May 10, 1941. This poem appears to be unpublished. "Here I am. I'm back again. I was the illustrious actor, ANTOINE, the first to show unvarnished True life to the diamonds of lustre. But life in the end outweighs my art"...