MAUPASSANT, Guy de (1850-1893). Two autograph caricatures of Léon Valade, n. p., n. d., the first in blue crayon, depicting the poet being sodomised by a donkey, 90 x 60 mm, the second in pen and ink (on the back of an envelope) showing him naked, held in the air by a jet of water from a fountain, while a hunter aims a gun at him, 110 x 100 mm, mounted on card. Provenance: The collection of Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965); Henri Mondor.

MAUPASSANT, Guy de (1850-1893). Two autograph caricatures of Léon Valade, n. p., n. d., the first in blue crayon, depicting the poet being sodomised by a donkey, 90 x 60 mm, the second in pen and ink (on the back of an envelope) showing him naked, held in the air by a jet of water from a fountain, while a hunter aims a gun at him, 110 x 100 mm, mounted on card. Provenance: The collection of Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965); Henri Mondor.

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MAUPASSANT, Guy de (1850-1893). Two autograph caricatures of Léon Valade, n. p., n. d., the first in blue crayon, depicting the poet being sodomised by a donkey, 90 x 60 mm, the second in pen and ink (on the back of an envelope) showing him naked, held in the air by a jet of water from a fountain, while a hunter aims a gun at him, 110 x 100 mm, mounted on card. Provenance: The collection of Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965); Henri Mondor.

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