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Serge Gainsbourg autograph lyrics at auction in Paris

PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced the sale in Paris on November 9 of an exceptional Serge Gainsbourg group of autograph songs, notes, photographs and memorabilia. Author, composer, performer, artist, film-maker, photographer… Serge Gainsbourg (1928-91) left behind him a multi-faceted œuvre. With his phenomenal creative versatility, decadent poetry and musical genius, Gainsbourg earned a cult following around the world. Both poète maudit and a controversy-courting provocateur, not to mention an ultra-sensitive musician and refined man of letters, Gainsbourg’s work, invariably conceived in aesthetic terms, reflects a wide range of influences. His lyrical approach was imbued with every aspect of life, in particular his own. Sotheby’s will be offering for sale the autograph lyrics of five of Gainsbourg’s most famous songs, appearing on the market for the first time. Doubtless the most extraordinary of t