Two Album amicorum for Georges Pellequer (1924-2013)
2 albums in-octo on vellum paper.
Albums amicorum belonging to Georges Pellequer, son of Raoul and nephew to Max
Close to 116 painters, artists, musicians, writers, theater directors, soldiers, contributed to these albums for over 55 years.
The first album (1939-1952) has contributions from Lugne-Poe, Charles Vildrac, Marcel Achard, Paul Valéry (Ecrire c'est prevoir), Paul Fort, Paul Geraldy, Francois Darlan (Admiral chief of staff), Henri Troyat (self portrait), Jin- E Sevellec (painter of Camaret, port scene with three sailors), Sacha Guitry, Georges Braque (flowerpot), Henri Matisse (face of a woman), Jean Cocteau (man's profile), Aragon (poem to Henri Matisse), Elsa Triolet, Raoul Dufy (painter's palette), Colette, Maria Casares...
The second album (1952-1994) has contributions from Marcel Gromaire (woman in profile), Andre Beaudin (abstract copmposition), Jacques Villon (woman in profile), Duc and la Duchesse de Windsor, Marc Chagall (angel), Calder, Général de Gaulle Peynet (2 lovers), Jacques Faisant (old woman), Jean Effel (portrait of President Pompidou), Rene Goscinny and Hubert Uderzo (Astérix head), Gus (painter in front of his easel), Kiraz (face of a Parisienne), Yves Brayer (chariot in Portugal), Haroun Tazieff, Jean d'Ormesson, Bernard Buffet (sunflowers), Bernard Rivière (village of Camaret), Pierre-Yves Tremois (profile of a woman and an eagle)...
