manuscript Louis Aragon - unique and unpublished - Exposé d'une exposition - 1977

Unique Manuscript by Louis Aragon in homage to the artist Charles-Louis Lasalle, 1977. Twelve-page handwritten text and poem, written in blue ink on white paper. The text illustrates the working method of Louis Aragon, then aged 80, and includes numerous additions, annotations and modifications. Entitled "exposé d'une exposition" by the author, Louis Aragon poetically presents and accompanies the text with numerous quotations from artists, highlighting the medium of painting with which he associates his discovery, which he considers among the greatest of painting, Charles-Louis Lasalle.
Description: Manuscript on white paper in blue ink.
Title: "Exposé d'une exposition.
Theme: Tribute to the artist Charles-Louis Lasalle in connection with his exhibition in Marseille in 1977.
Signature : Handwritten signature.

Additional comments/annotations: Manuscript numbered 1 to 9 with an additional page "3bis". The manuscript includes 2 pages marked "8". Page 7 is followed by an unnumbered page containing a single sentence.
A. Historical background :
- Photograph of the inauguration of Charles-Louis Lasalle's exhibition, Marseille 1977 - in the presence of Louis Aragon
cfr. attached visuals.
- Article in Le Monde, 1977 - - L'opération La Salle à Marseille, by JEAN-MARIE DUNOYER, Published May 09 1977 at 00:00, modified May 09 1977.
https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1977/05/09/l-operation-la-salle-a-marseille_2871522_1819218.html .
B. Excerpt from the printed catalog using the text of the manuscript "Exposé d'une Exposition".
cfr. attached visuals.