Pierre Jean Jouve - Lettre autographe et lettre signées à Pierre Descargues - 2 tirages argentiques du poète par Descargues - Tribune de Lausanne - 1957

Set of two letters signed by Pierre Jean Jouve, French poet and novelist, addressed to journalist and art critic Pierre Descargues, and two photographic portraits of the poet by Descargues. The letters are dated January 19, 1957 and February 6, 1958.

1. Typed signed letter, January 19, 1957, with its envelope.
It is typed in black ink on laid watermark paper, with the embossed address “7, rue Antoine-Chantin” and the autograph signature in black ink. The addressed envelope, stamped and cancelled, bears the recipient’s address and the sender’s name in Jouve’s handwriting. Jouve asks to see the photographs before their publication, concerned not to be “maimed by the image.”

2. Autograph signed letter, February 6, 1958.
Written in black ink on the same laid paper. Jouve thanks Descargues for the photographs and for the article published in the Tribune of Lausanne.

3. Two photographic portraits of Pierre Jean Jouve by Pierre Descargues.
Black-and-white silver prints: Jouve facing front in an armchair, and Jouve three-quarters in an interior. Each bears on the back copyright labels “Copyright Catherine Valogne” and “Photo Pierre Descargues” and the handwritten note “J.P. Jouve.”

- Dimensions: prints 23.9 x 17.7 cm; letters 17.5 x 21.4 cm
- Condition: Good overall. Presence of creases inherent to mailing and the envelope is torn upon opening. See photos for more details
- Number of documents: 4 documents

- Pierre Jean Jouve was a French poet, novelist and critic, born in Arras on October 11, 1887 and died in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on January 8, 1976. Wikipedia

Carefully packed in a rigid, waterproof carton.