25

Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970).

L.A.S. ‘C. de Gaulle’, [Colombey-les-Deux-Églises], 23 December 1956, to Jean GATTÉGNO, at the École Normale Supérieure; 2 pages in-8 on his letterhead ‘Le Général de Gaulle’, stamped envelope.

The item was sold for 1 820

Fees include commission and taxes.

Back to auction

L.A.S. ‘C. de Gaulle’, [Colombey-les-Deux-Églises], 23 December 1956, to Jean GATTÉGNO, at the École Normale Supérieure; 2 pages in-8 on his letterhead ‘Le Général de Gaulle’, stamped envelope.

With certificate

Gattégno’s letter moved him. ‘It is quite true that the present era is, for the French people, one of mediocrity, but nothing lasts forever, not even that’… However, he cannot see what purpose his visit to the École Normale would serve at present: ‘You know that, being unable to act, I prefer to express myself only through the voices of silence’…