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- 21/3/1904-29/3/1904 (Creation)
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64 x 45 cm
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The French daily Le Matin was founded in 1883 in Paris (France). Having always been a conservative newspaper, it supported extreme right-wing positions before World War II and later collaborated with the occupation regime. Its distribution was discontinued in 1944 and was prohibited after the liberation of France.
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The Parisian newspaper Le Journal circulated from 1892 to 1944. Amongst its first columnists were Maurice Barrès, Émile Zola, Léon Daudet et al. Initially, It was initially a literary newspaper addressed to the widest public possible (workers, employees, etc.). Since 1911 and under new directorship, it became a conservative newspaper.
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Seven editions of the Paris newspaper Le Matin and five editions of another Paris newspaper, Le Journal. They are accompanied by a piece of paperboard with the note "Les Noces Blanches", written by Cavafy. It is about the case of a scandal involving homosexuals in the atelier of the British painter Ernest Bulton, at Montparnasse, Paris. The police arrested the participants and the incident was considered a scandal. The newspapers referred to it using the title "Noces blanches" (white weddings). Cavafy follows the case through articles in the two newspapers.
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French
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: holes; tears.
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Le Matin & Le Journal. “Newspaper Le Matin, Le Journal”. Publication (newspaper issue), 21.03.1904-29.03.1904. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF007-0033 (1363), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF007-0033.
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- Bulton, Ernest (Subject)