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219 - Raoul DUFY. L.S., Perpignan, 14 February 1949, to Mrs Letour…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Raoul DUFY. L.S., Perpignan, 14 February 1949, to Mrs Letourneaux in Nice; 1 typewritten page, in-4 format, in a stamped envelope. He is delighted that his friend is with his wife Émilienne, whom he found to be in good health. He hopes to see her again soon, ‘but I always see her looking so troubled and I would so much like to reassure her. The result is that, in my state of near-immobility, I get frustrated and tormented by not being able to do so, especially not being able to see her often. Tell her all this. Tell her, too, that I am happy with the success I’ve achieved, for her sake and for mine, but that this success is not without causing me a great deal of torment and trouble. I am forced to turn away people who come to pester me and fawn over me. Of course, I’m well aware that many people want to own my paintings, but what I’m even more certain of is that there are plenty who’d like to sell them, so I’m forced to sort through it all and struggle my way through. And all those people who tell me it’s not right not to keep and sell all my paintings in France. If I were to sell them to those people, they’d be the first to sell them on to the Americans, because of the difference in exchange rates between the franc and the dollar. So, I’d rather the profit from this transaction goes to me and to the person who looks after my affairs, because selling paintings and running the business are two different things, and selling paintings properly is far more difficult than one might think. I was greatly amused by the story of the Duke of Compostela, who copies my paintings and is facing criminal charges in Nice. […] If he did his work in Nice, I think he may well have copied some fake Dufys”…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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