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Frédéric-Auguste Cazals (French, 1865-1941) Paul Verlaine Pen and ink and pencil

Sold for $800 at Heritage Auctions on May 29, 2020.

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Frédéric-Auguste Cazals (French, 1865-1941) Paul Verlaine Pen and ink and pencil on paper 3-7/8 x 4-5/8 inches (9.8 x 11.7 cm) (sheet) Signed and dedicated (recto): un / sympathique / ami / Roché / Frédéric Inscribed (verso) by Cazals: son sur course ici en art en frére. Fredi Inscribed (verso) by Henri-Pierre Roché : (original du portrait de Verlaine, fait / à une terrasse de café par Frédéric, du / Lapin Agile) HPR. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CARLTON LAKE, AUSTIN, TEXAS PROVENANCE: Henri-Pierre Roché's widow, Denise Roché, Paris, 1968; Carlton Lake, purchased from the above in 1968; The Estate of Carlton Lake. Over a period of six decades, Carlton Lake gathered together what has become the most extensive collection of modern French literary research materials anywhere outside of Paris. He was the Paris art critic for the Christian Science Monitor (1950-1965), as well as a regular contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, and other periodicals. He served as Curator of the French Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Center at the University of Texas, Austin, to which his own impressive collection was added in the late 1960s. HID01801242017

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