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Flers


Marcel

Proust


Photographies originales dédicacées à Marcel Proust

Photography,135 x 210 mm

BEAUTIFUL SET OF TWO LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS dedicated to Marcel Proust.

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20th Century Literature Literature Photography Remarkable origins Photography Autograph

Description

BEAUTIFUL SET OF TWO LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS showing Robert de Flers in theatrical costume, each with a signed dedication to Marcel Proust.

Robert de Flers as Mascarille.
Signed autograph dedication:

"À Marcel Proust, very affectionately. R. de Flers".

Robert de Flers in a comedy scene with another character:
Signed autograph dedication:

"To my dear friend Marcel Proust. R. de Flers".

Robert de Flers was a pupil of Proust's at the Lycée Condorcet. The two friends had a youthful affair, a year before Proust met Reynaldo Hahn. Robert de Flers went on to marry Victorien Sardou's daughter Geneviève, and became one of the most prominent playwrights. He was also editor-in-chief of Figaro and published several Chronicles of Proust. Their deep friendship never wavered.

These photographs, taken from Marcel Proust's family album, were exhibited twice at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. (L’Écriture et les Arts, n° 183).

 

135 x 210 mm,

Albumen prints measuring 135 x 210 mm pasted onto cardboard measuring 150 x 245 mm.

Bio

Flers, Robert de

Robert de Flers

(born in Pont-l'Évêque on 25 November 1872 and died in Vittel on 30 July 1927)

Marquis de La Motte-Ango, Count of Flers, playwright member of the French Academy.

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Proust, Marcel

Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust, born in Paris on July 10, 1871 and died in Paris on November 18, 1922.

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