Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). L.A.S. "E.G.", Baireuth August 18, - Lot 131

Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). L.A.S. "E.G.", Baireuth August 18, 1892, [to Robert de Montesquiou]; 4pages in-8 filled with small, tight handwriting (mourning, slight cracks at folds). Long letter on Wagner and the Bayreuth performances.He wants to share with his friend the emotions of these "radiant days [...] I am grabbed, lifted, violently, abruptly [...] from the black abyss into the whitest light [...] I can no longer think except in music [...] What a delight this Parsifal is, and the joy of milk detail: I can still see the divine grouping of this spear, pricked into the earth by the side of a road, shimmering lily, elegant shaft, abandoned to guard a clump of white camomile". Maurice Barrès is also in Bayreuth, "also moved, otherwise"; they have exchanged impressions... Gallé was unable to be received at Wahnfried, nor to meet Mrs. Wagner... Barrès is preparing a work on Ludwig II...