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The Books and Life of

Raymond Roussel

Exhibition & book presentation

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

6-8 pm

Christophstraße 18, Köln

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Christophstraße 18

50670 Köln

 

Die Ausstellung in der Christophstraße 18 präsentiert eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Büchern, Ephemera, Dokumenten, Objekten und Kunstwerken mit Bezug auf den französischen Schriftsteller Raymond Roussel (1877-1933). Sie wurde von Daniel Buchholz, Christopher Müller und Michael Sanchez anläßlich der Veröffentlichung einer neuen Publikation organisiert: The Books and Life of Raymond Roussel. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine biographische und bibliographische Untersuchung, die alle Veröffentlichungen Roussels zu Lebzeiten in allen erreichbaren Ausgaben inventarisiert und dokumentiert. In diese bibliographischen Daten verwoben finden sich neue Texte, die Beziehungen zwischen Roussels literarischen Verfahren, der materiellen Gegenständlichkeit seiner Bücher und seinem Leben herstellen.

 

Die Ausstellung ist auf Anfrage zugänglich. Für einen Termin oder für eine Bestellung des Buches kontaktieren Sie bitte Galerie Buchholz: post@galeriebuchholz.de

 

Die Webseite zeigt eine Auswahl von Roussel-Materialien dieser Ausstellung aus der Sammlung von Daniel Buchholz und Christopher Müller.

Christophstraße 18

50670 Köln

 

The exhibition at Christophstrasse 18 presents a large ensemble of books, ephemera, manuscripts, documents, objects, and artworks related to the French writer Raymond Roussel (1877-1933). Organized by Daniel Buchholz, Christopher Müller, and Michael Sanchez, it marks the release of a new publication, “The Books and Life of Raymond Roussel.” The book is a biographic and bibliographic study that inventories every known state of every edition of Roussel’s lifetime publications. Interwoven into this bibliographic data are texts analyzing the relationship between Roussel’s literary procedures, the material construction of his books, and his life.

 

The exhibition is open by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, or to order a copy of the book, please contact Galerie Buchholz: post@galeriebuchholz.de.

 

This website shows a selection of Roussel-related material featured in the exhibition from the collection of Daniel Buchholz and Christopher Müller.

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Madeleine Lemaire

Portrait of Raymond Roussel,

c. 1885
Watercolor on paper; giltwood frame
40 × 32 cm

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Raymond Roussel

La Doublure. Roman
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897
First edition, first state
Inscribed by the author to his housekeeper, Mrs. MacLellan

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Raymond Roussel

La Doublure. Roman
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897
First edition, first state
Inscribed by the author to his housekeeper, Mrs. MacLellan

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Raymond Roussel

Chiquenaude
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1900
First edition

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Raymond Roussel

Paperknife taken from the desk of Charles Gounod, c. 1900
Wooden paperknife with engraved metal plaque
2 × 29 cm

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Raymond Roussel

“Le Concert. Poème inédit”
In: Le Gaulois du Dimanche (June 27-28, 1903), supplement
Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire

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Raymond Roussel

“Le Concert. Poème inédit”
In: Le Gaulois du Dimanche (June 27-28, 1903), supplement
Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire

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Raymond Roussel

La Vue
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1904
First edition

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Raymond Roussel

Impressions d’Afrique.

Deuxième Édition
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1909
First edition, second state
Inscribed by the author to Pierre Leiris

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Raymond Roussel

Impressions d’Afrique.

Deuxième Édition
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1909
First edition, second state
Inscribed by the author to Pierre Leiris

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Edmond Rostand

Autograph letter, signed, to Raymond Roussel
[Paris, c. 1910]
22.5 × 17.8 cm

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Prospectus for the production of Impressions d’Afrique at the Théâtre Antoine
Paris: Metzger et Halbronn, [1912]
25.5 × 21.5 cm

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Raymond Roussel

Locus Solus
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1913
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to

Jacques Leiris

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Raymond Roussel

Locus Solus
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1913
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to

Jacques Leiris

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Raymond Roussel

Pages choisies de “Impressions d’Afrique” et de Locus Solus
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1918
First edition, first state
Inscribed by the author to Pierre Loti

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Raymond Roussel

Pages choisies de “Impressions d’Afrique” et de Locus Solus
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1918
First edition, first state
Inscribed by the author to Pierre Loti

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Raymond Roussel

Photograph of a photogravure inscribed by Camille Flammarion, 1923
Collotype with pencil annotations mounted to card; giltwood frame
35.3 × 27.2 cm

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Raymond Roussel

L’Étoile au Front. Pièce en trois actes, en prose, representée pour la première fois sur la scène du Vaudeville le 5 mai 1924
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1925
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to his nephew, Michel Ney

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Raymond Roussel

L’Étoile au Front. Pièce en trois actes, en prose, representée pour la première fois sur la scène du Vaudeville le 5 mai 1924
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1925
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to his nephew, Michel Ney

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Raymond Roussel

L’Étoile au Front. Pièce en trois actes, en prose, representée pour la première fois sur la scène du Vaudeville le 5 mai 1924
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1925
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author with a letter to Lucien Callamand

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Raymond Roussel

L’Étoile au Front. Pièce en trois actes, en prose, representée pour la première fois sur la scène du Vaudeville le 5 mai 1924
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1925
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author with a letter to Lucien Callamand

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Raymond Roussel

La Poussière de Soleils. Pièce en cinq actes et vingt-quatre tableaux representée pour la première fois sur la scene du Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 2 février 1926. Ouvrage orné de dix-sept illustrations en couleurs
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1926
First edition, on Japon paper
With an autograph note by the author laid-in

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Raymond Roussel

La Poussière de Soleils. Pièce en cinq actes et vingt-quatre tableaux representée pour la première fois sur la scene du Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 2 février 1926. Ouvrage orné de dix-sept illustrations en couleurs
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1926
First edition, on Japon paper
With an autograph note by the author laid-in

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Raymond Roussel

La Poussière de Soleils. Pièce en cinq actes et vingt-quatre tableaux representée pour la première fois sur la scene du Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin le 2 février 1926. Ouvrage orné de dix-sept illustrations en couleurs
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1926
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to his psychiatrist, Pierre Janet

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Raymond Roussel

Impressions d’Afrique
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
Second edition, one of 2 known copies on vellum
Roussel’s personal copy, bound for him by Gruel, with an inscription bequeathing the book to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Raymond Roussel

Impressions d’Afrique
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
Second edition, one of 2 known copies on vellum
Roussel’s personal copy, bound for him by Gruel, with an inscription bequeathing the book to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, one of 2 known copies on vellum
Roussel’s personal copy, bound for him by Gruel, with an inscription bequeathing the book to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, one of 2 known copies on vellum
Roussel’s personal copy, bound for him by Gruel, with an inscription bequeathing the book to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to André Gide

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to André Gide

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to

Jean Cocteau

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Raymond Roussel

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Ouvrage orné de cinquante-neuf dessins de H.-A ZO

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932
First edition, on Japon paper
Inscribed by the author to

Jean Cocteau

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Lecreux Frères

Rendering of Raymond Roussel’s proposed monumental tomb at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, c. 1932
Watercolor and gouache on paper
52.5 × 63 cm

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Raymond Roussel

Comment j’ai écrit certains de mes livres
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1935
First edition, on Japon paper
Paul Éluard’s copy, bound for him, with autograph visiting cards from Roussel mounted to front free endpaper

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Raymond Roussel

Comment j’ai écrit certains de mes livres
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1935
First edition, on Japon paper
Paul Éluard’s copy, bound for him, with autograph visiting cards from Roussel mounted to front free endpaper

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Marcel Duchamp

Autograph letter, signed,

to Jean Suquet
New York, December 25, 1949
25 × 20 cm

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Marcel Duchamp

Autograph letter, signed,

to Jean Suquet
New York, December 25, 1949
25 × 20 cm