LOUYS (Pierre) (187-1925). - Lot 111

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LOUYS (Pierre) (187-1925). - Lot 111
LOUYS (Pierre) (187-1925). Set of 2 manuscripts. Signed autograph manuscript (s.l.n.d.) 4 p. 1/2 in-4°: incomplete draft of "Dialogue sur la danse" published in 1910. This manuscript presents great differences with the published version; written in the form of a dialogue between a dancer and a critic who was supposed to make an article on (Italian) dance, the dialogue is presented as a joust between the dancer who tries to convince the journalist that dance, like all art, does not need to have a meaning "... Dancer: And why? What do you reproach so much to Italian dance? - Me: That it bores me. - The Dancer: It fascinated Théophile Gautier. Aren't you trying to understand how... - The Dancer: Does music always mean something? Take at random... the Toccata in F !.... - Me: Nothing more beautiful - The Dancer: And what does it mean?... - Me: Nothing at all. It has its strength in itself. It does without any literature... - Dancer: So why do you want our art to have a meaning when the music we dance to can be beautiful, and without thought... "Autograph manuscript entitled "The Love and Death of the Hermaphrodite, Fabulous Tragedy" (s.l. 1892) 3 p. in-folio. The manuscript is dated 7 February and 5 April 1892, this tale was published in 1894 and completed a series begun by "Lêda" (1893). The first page of the title, dated "5 April 92", under the title: the mention "dramatis personae" followed by a summary and a short description of the situation: ".... The scene takes place nowadays, in one of the forests dedicated to Aphrodite... ». The 2nd page of February 27, 92 is entitled "Hermaphrodite" (title crossed out): description of this one: "... standing, the back to a fig tree covered with figures, the arms folded back behind the head and the hair mixed in the leaves, Hermaphrodite sleeps... and all the roses of the morning having beaded on her, the first mauve rays of the dawn awaken by thousands on her skin of small brilliant amethysts... ». The 3rd dated page, entit
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