^Lot 648 Guy de Maupassant

French naturalist writer of short stories and novels (1850–1893), considered the greatest French short-story writer. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Chiel Frez of Nice, inscribed in black ink in French on the image and signed in the lower border over the studio information, “Guy de Maupassant.” Scattered surface marks and impressions to image, and a couple areas of rubbing to portions of inscription, resulting in a few illegible words, and a bit of irregular ink adhesion to a few other words in inscription, otherwise very good condition.