Original photograph of author Georges Simenon circa 1980
1980138589Paris: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless photograph of mystery writer Georges Simenon in his office as photographed by Pierre Vauthey. Photographer's rubber stamp manuscript pencil annotations and a mimeograph text description in French and English to the verso. <br /> <br /> Best known as the creator of fictional French detective Jules Maigret Georges Simenon was a highly prolific Belgian fiction writer who penned nearly 200 novels and over 150 novellas during his lifetime alongside scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. He lived variously in Belgium France the United States Canada and Switzerland. He is seen here reclining in a Le Corbusier mid-century modern leather chair wearing a bow tie and a plaid suit jacket. <br /> <br /> 8 x 12 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
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