 Marcel Proust and his mother and brother Robert, ca. 1895. Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BnF), Paris, France © BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY |
Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is
one of the most influential and ambitious literary works of all time. The
Morgan celebrates the 1913 publication of the first of its seven volumes,Swann's
Way, with a fascinating selection of the author's notebooks, preliminary
drafts, galley-proofs, and other documents from the collection of the
Bibliothèque nationale de France. The works on display will provide unique
insight into Proust's creative process and the birth of his masterpiece. Also
on view will be period postcards with depictions of Illiers, which served as
the inspiration for Proust's fictional town Combray, and Paris. Several letters
between Proust and his mother, Jeanne, from the Morgan's collection, will be
included.
The Bibliothèque nationale de France has prepared a video and album of images that provide a close look at several of Proust’s heavily-corrected galley sheets from a volume that is included in the exhibition. Guest curator Antoine Compagnon provides audio commentary.
Marcel Proust and Swann's Way: 100th Anniversary at The
Morgan Library & Museum is organized by the Bibliothèque nationale de
France and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, with the participation
of renowned Proust scholar Antoine Compagnon.
This exhibition was made possible by the Recanati-Kaplan Foundation.
Generous support was provided by Air France, Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard, Hubert and Mireille Goldschmidt, the Institut français, the Y. A. Istel Foundation, and the Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation.
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