The author died in 1931, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (France) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work was PD on the URAA date in its source country. Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work.
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It was in the public domain in France on 1 January 1996. At that time, the copyright term was 50 years post mortem auctoris and a wartime extension of maximum 8 years and 120 days for works published after January 1, 1921 (works published before January 1, 1921 are in the public domain in the US too).
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