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Degas, Manet, Morisot: The Collected Works of Paul Val茅ry, Volume 12

    Translated by
  • David Paul
    Introduction by
  • Douglas Cooper

A collection of Val茅ry鈥檚 writings on the visual arts, including his book on his friend Degas and his personal recollection of Renoir

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Price:
$29.95/拢25.00
ISBN:
Published:
Sep 8, 2026
Copyright:
1960
Pages:
300
Size:
5.5 x 8.5 in.

Paul Val茅ry spent as much of his life among painters as writers鈥攊n a house filled with the memory and works of Berthe Morisot and her friends Manet, Degas, and Renoir, and where Degas and Renoir were still familiar guests. Degas cherished Val茅ry as a friend and the writer was one of the few who remained faithful to the old painter through his troubled last years. This book presents the whole of Val茅ry鈥檚 book on Degas; essays on Manet, Morisot, Corot, and Daumier; a personal recollection of Renoir; and writings on sculpture, portraiture, and Italian painting.

The Collected Works of Paul Val茅ry, the first collected edition of the writer in English, features new translations, the original French on facing pages for poetic works, and editorial notes.