Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). 7 autograph postcards, 6 - Lot 139

  2. Result
  3. Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). 7 autograph postcards, 6 - Lot 139
  4. Lot n° 139 
Lot n° 139
Go to lot
Estimation :
4000 - 5000 EUR
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). 7 autograph postcards, 6 - Lot 139
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918). 7 autograph postcards, 6 of which signed with his real name "Wilhelm de Kostrowitzky" (or "W. Kostrowitzky ", 1901-1902, to Mlle Émilie Gaillet, in Paris; illustrated cards, addresses on the back, mounted on tabs in an in-12 volume with printed text opposite, bound in black half-box, title in red on the back (D. Montecot). Nice set of postcards written during the poet's first stay in Germany, which was to profoundly influence his work, notably in the "Rhénanes" of Alcools, of which these cards are like an illustration. These charming cards, most of them in color, are addressed to Émilie Gaillet, the sister of the journalist Ernest Gaillet, editor of Tabarin. [Apollinaire, who had not yet adopted his pseudonym, was then tutor to the daughter of the Viscountess of Milhau, and passionately in love with Annie Pleyden, the English governess who accompanied them to the Rhineland]. At the head of the volume, on the third flyleaf, an astrological sky chart corresponding to his birth has been drawn ("Roma 25/8/1880 - 5 am"). A transcription is pasted opposite each chart. Trier [Trier] August 25, 1901. In the margin of a hand-colored picture of the ruins of the Kaiser's palace: "Didn't have time to come back. This is from Trier. This is the Moselle. Michaux left us in Luxembourg. Will write soon"... Honnef am Rhein 21 [September?]. In the margin of a view of the park of the Kurhaus (spa house): "I have left Neu Glück. Here I am in Honnef, the "Nice Rhine". It is a town of patients but very pretty and on the Rhine"... Siebengebirge September 28. In the margin of a view of the city and the Seven Mountains, with a medallion of a donkey ride: "My dates are amazing, but the car goes faster than people walking; I hope you are all well! Here are the seven mountains in the depths of which I live and I drink a glass of not famous Rhine wine to your health"... Laach in the Eifel October 6. View of the abbey church of Laach: "at the lake. My regards to all"... * Blankenberg am Sieg October 23. Under a view of the fortress and the town of Blankenberg: "You can see from here to the town of Siegburg, which looks like the Mont St. Michel. I hope you are all well. The autumn is very beautiful and I won't be back until mid-November. Regards to your parents and thanks to Tabarin"... * Königswinter [November 26]. In the margin of a colored view of this Rhine town, with the Petersberg mountain in the background: "My best regards. He asks for news of Esnard [Henry Esnard, a lawyer without a case and a pencil writer, whom Gaillet and Apollinaire had helped to write his novel Que faire?]; he adds: "We will not be long in returning"... * Munich [24 March 1902]. Around a colorful view of the Munich courthouse: "Here I am in the land of beer. Imagine that the Revue blanche of the 15th publishes a short story that I had brought to it 10 months ago [L'Hérésiarque]...
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue