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Property from Karl Lagerfeld's Estate

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), autograph letter signed to Alphonse de Lamartine, 21 March 1848

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Description

letter between the two poets following the February Revolution of 1848, at the dawn of the Second Republic,

"O homme de peu de foi! Attendez et vous verrez qui aime le peuple. Commençons par calmer la fièvre, ensuite guérisson les plaies. Songez que je ne vis ici bas que pour la satisfaction de ma conscience. Je vous envoie ce bon pour que ce qui vous manque, et je vous serre la main, mon cher poète. Comptez toujours sur mon coeur. Victor H." 


framed with an engraving of Victor-Hugo and an A4 transcription of the manuscript and an explanation of the context 


Haut. 25,5 cm, larg. 20 cm ; Height 10 in, width 7 ¾ in.

Sotheby's Paris, KARL, Karl Lagerfeld’s Estate Online I, 6 december 2021, Lot 1088