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Poulenc, Francis. (1899–1963) [Tailleferre, Germaine. (1892-1983)]. Francis Poulenc with his Cockatoo - Signed Photograph to Germaine Tailleferre.
An extraordinary early signed photograph of the young composer, wearing a checked suit (against a similarly checked wallpaper!) and neck scarf, holding a cockatoo, and leaning nonchalantly on a table. Inscribed at the age of 20 to Germaine Tailleferre, fellow composer and fellow member (the only female member) of the group of composers known as Les Six. 5 x 7 inches; 18 x 13 cm, photographer unknown, signed, dated and inscribed on the photograph: "To my dear friend Germaine Tailleferre with the most friendly memory of her frank friend. F. POULENC March 1919", with the handwritten initials of Germaine Tailleferre on the verso and transcription in an unknown hand. Provenance: Germaine Tailleferre; Ornella VOLTA (1927-1920) author of nine books and countless articles on Érik Satie, creator of the Érik SATIE Foundation in 1981. Reference: Francis Poulenc: A Bio-Bibliography, p. 234. Corners lightly creased, small surface loss to upper right with pencil in-drawing, else fine.
From January 1918 to January 1921 Poulenc was a conscript in the French army in the last months of the First World War and the immediate post-war period. Between July and October 1918 he served at the Franco-German front, after which he was given a series of auxiliary posts, ending as a typist at the Ministry of Aviation. His duties allowed him time for composition and it was during this period that the present photograph was inscribed.
Tailleferre studied at the Paris Conservatory where her skills were rewarded with prizes in several categories and where she met Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc. With her new friends, she soon was associating with the artistic crowd in the Paris districts of Montmartre and Montparnasse, where in the atelier of one of her painter friends, the initial idea for Les Six began. The publication of Jean Cocteau's manifesto Le coq et l'Arlequin resulted in Henri Collet's media articles that led to instant fame for the group, of which Tailleferre was the only female member.
Early signed photographs of Francis Poulenc are rare. We have handled or seen only a handful and the present example, with an extraordinary association and inscription, is certainly the very finest.
Poulenc, Francis. (1899–1963) [Tailleferre, Germaine. (1892-1983)]. Francis Poulenc with his Cockatoo - Signed Photograph to Germaine Tailleferre.
An extraordinary early signed photograph of the young composer, wearing a checked suit (against a similarly checked wallpaper!) and neck scarf, holding a cockatoo, and leaning nonchalantly on a table. Inscribed at the age of 20 to Germaine Tailleferre, fellow composer and fellow member (the only female member) of the group of composers known as Les Six. 5 x 7 inches; 18 x 13 cm, photographer unknown, signed, dated and inscribed on the photograph: "To my dear friend Germaine Tailleferre with the most friendly memory of her frank friend. F. POULENC March 1919", with the handwritten initials of Germaine Tailleferre on the verso and transcription in an unknown hand. Provenance: Germaine Tailleferre; Ornella VOLTA (1927-1920) author of nine books and countless articles on Érik Satie, creator of the Érik SATIE Foundation in 1981. Reference: Francis Poulenc: A Bio-Bibliography, p. 234. Corners lightly creased, small surface loss to upper right with pencil in-drawing, else fine.
From January 1918 to January 1921 Poulenc was a conscript in the French army in the last months of the First World War and the immediate post-war period. Between July and October 1918 he served at the Franco-German front, after which he was given a series of auxiliary posts, ending as a typist at the Ministry of Aviation. His duties allowed him time for composition and it was during this period that the present photograph was inscribed.
Tailleferre studied at the Paris Conservatory where her skills were rewarded with prizes in several categories and where she met Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc. With her new friends, she soon was associating with the artistic crowd in the Paris districts of Montmartre and Montparnasse, where in the atelier of one of her painter friends, the initial idea for Les Six began. The publication of Jean Cocteau's manifesto Le coq et l'Arlequin resulted in Henri Collet's media articles that led to instant fame for the group, of which Tailleferre was the only female member.
Early signed photographs of Francis Poulenc are rare. We have handled or seen only a handful and the present example, with an extraordinary association and inscription, is certainly the very finest.