RIGAUT Jacques. - Lot 281

RIGAUT Jacques. POSTHUMOUS PAPERS. Unpublished texts. Published writings. Personal notes. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. 1920-1929. Circa 1934. In black morocco spine folder with palladium titling, slipcase. PUBLISHED WRITINGS. Early texts, Dada period. Drafts, proofs, a few minor variants, in a folder titled by Raoul Roussy de salles. 24 autograph pages in various formats and one in-4 typescript page with autograph corrections by Rigaut. ... Although I haven't killed anyone yet, my record isn't too shabby. In good faith, I banged my head against a column in the rue de Castiglione because the woman I was walking with had stopped too often at the storefronts in the rue de Rivoli; for two months I didn't know what time it was, thanks to opium, coconuts and the generosity of a woman. I had the cold of a revolver barrel in my mouth and heard the click of the hammer on the cartridge, and that extraordinary quarter of an hour when I had no arms, no legs, no love, no horror, no thoughts, when I was the dead. Published in Écrits, Gallimard, page 103. ... I must have the appearance of a well-bred young man, because I haven't given up on having a place in your society either; in all seriousness, and for up to two quarters of an hour in a row, I've wanted to be a banker, a literary boy and, above all, a very rich fool. Here, I amaze no one but myself. There'll always be time, after the two or three stays at La Santé that my father predicts, to go and dabble in the scoundrel. UNPUBLISHED WORKS FROM THE DADA PERIOD. LITTLE PIECES. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. Approximately 45 pages in ink and pencil in various formats, plus one typewritten page in a folder titled by Raoul Roussy de Salles. Set of short texts, sometimes unfinished, notes in ink and pencil, sometimes in English, on sheets of paper that are sometimes torn. ... Folie ne va pas sans amour Folie gagne mon coeur Ask Folie What Folie wants I want Ready to disown everything I've ever done All that is not madness... ... The man with golden eyes Who gouged out His eyes to look at them, I know the man with the golden eyes ... ... I dreamt I had to tell my life story Eight years as a doctor Ecstatic visions (zodiac signs) The nun and the priest Desire death by his hand... Maybe it's my way I drink, I've become a bit of a drunk, note it, I rarely lose my dignity, I drink with many, mostly women and then I drink alone with great hiccups .... INDEED. SMALL PAPERS. PERSONAL NOTES. NAME LIST. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. 7 pages and one typewritten page in ink and pencil in various formats, in folder titled by Raoul Roussy de Salles. Set of notes, lists of names, small drawings. ... we write: Sir, I take the liberty of asking your advice on a personal matter. Some people make money, others have neurasthenia, some do everything they can, some have children, others write poems. Some make love, some make pity. I've been looking for something to do for so long! A unique, exceptional and fascinating ensemble.