The documentation at the Balzac House assembles numerous dossiers of extracts from the press, catalogues, iconographic documents and numerical data from the art market. The dossiers cover all domains that concern the museum:
- Thematic dossiers on Balzac’s life and work
Residences and places of inspiration
Family, acquaintances and contemporaries
Influence in France and abroad
Theatrical, film, musical, and TV adaptations relating to Balzac
Special editions, illustrated books, postal correspondence, manuscripts
Balzac translations
The art market
- Thematic dossiers on Gautier’s life and work
Family, acquaintances, contemporaries
Special editions, illustrated books, postal correspondence, manuscripts
Theatrical, film, musical, and TV adaptations relating to Gautier Théophile Gautier the painter
The art market
- Artist dossiers
Classification of names alphabetically and by area: painting, engraving, drawing, sculpture, photography
- Dossiers of technical documentation
Classification by area: engraving, photography, bibliophilia
- Iconographic documentation
Posters, postcards, reproductions