BATAILLE (Georges) - Lot 38

BATAILLE (Georges) Born in Billom. 1897-1962. Writer, poet, essayist. L.A.S. "Georges Bataille" to "Mon cher ami" to Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. Orléans, September 15, 1959. 2 pages in-8. Georges Bataille is working on what was to be his last book, Les Larmes dÉros, lavishly illustrated with art reproductions, and addresses Lo Duca, director of the Bibliothèque Internationale dErotologie, the collection in which the work was to be published by J.J. Pauvert.He announces that he has found ...two very beautiful drawings by Picasso. I asked Kahnweiler to take two photographs of them. I think you'll agree. I also saw Pierre Klossowski. I'd like to reproduce three of his drawings, plus one of the illustrations for Roberte ce soir. The drawings are all at 3 rue du Canivet and I'd be grateful if you could go and see them. One more thing: I think the picture of Jeanne Moreau dressed as a "blue angel" that appeared in Marie Claire in December is very beautiful...Now I'd like to ask you how we could proceed. In any case, I suggest we start with the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, for which I enclose some references. I've recently found a number of paintings that seem to me to be first-rate. Don't forget Girodias whenever you can. And give him my regards!...He adds p.-s. ...from memory, the other day I changed Manguin to Mainguet, couturier rue François Ier. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I've wasted your time...Notes:- the address 3 rue de Canivet (Paris) is Klossowski's.- Bataille had planned (but failed) to create a magazine with Maurice Girodias. - Roberte ce soir (1953): Pierre Klossowski's work is part of the Lois de l'hospitalité trilogy, which includes La Révocation de l'Édit de Nantes (1959), and Le Souffleur (1960).Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001), was a Polish-born novelist, essayist, translator, scriptwriter and cartoonist, brother of the painter Balthus. He was closely associated with Bataille, essayist Maurice Blanchot, philosopher Michel Foucault and surrealist painter André Masson.