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[ANDRÉ, Albert & MALEK]. Incoming correspondence addressed t…
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144
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[ANDRÉ, Albert & MALEK]. Incoming correspondence addressed t…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
[ANDRÉ, Albert & MALEK].
Incoming correspondence addressed to them, comprising some 38
letters: interesting correspondence from the circle of close friends
of the Andrés, socialites and artists: GODEBSKI, Cyprien, known as
Cipa (1875–1937), a French salon-goer of Polish origin and
half-brother of MISSIA SERT. He was painted by Toulouse-Lautrec,
Bonnard, Vuillard, etc. Autograph signed postcard. 1913
; GODEBSKA, Ida, wife of Cipa Godebsky. Autograph signed postcard
and autograph signed letter. 1914 and 1915.
She recalls their return from exile in Brittany at the end of the war,
their arrival in Paris, their dilapidated flat and the gloomy atmosphere in Paris,
their relatives and notably Thadée Natanson and his wife,
etc.; AVRIL, Suzanne (1868–1948), actress. Autograph letter, signed. Marseille,
23 December 1914. 3 pp. 1/2 in-8. Regarding MISIA SERT
: ‘We received a lovely letter from Misia. Very sad […],
she was returning from the Amiens area with the Red Cross, and I
believe she had seen some very sad things, but she was well.
She tells us that Paris is heartbreaking with people returning,
the theatres reopening. She stays at home as much as possible
with a few friends and I understand her […]"; Joseph BILLIET
(National Museums letterhead). Fascinating letter of 1944
concerning “the relocation of the collections we had in the
Var, the Basses-Alpes, the Vaucluse, the Hérault and the Drôme”. We
will need crates, packing materials and transport. He recommends the removal
of the paintings from the second floor of the museum in Bagnoles-sur-Cèze, where
Albert André was the curator [and which now bears
his name], etc.; BONNARD, Marthe (1869–1942), French painter,
wife and model of the painter Pierre Bonnard. C.P.A.S.
She mentions Pierre Bonnard and Renoir; FAYET, Gustave (1865
1925), French painter and collector, friend of Redon
and Gauguin, curator of the Béziers Museum. 2 signed
autograph postcards. On the Redons and the Abbey of
Fontfroide; BETZ, Pierre. 3 autograph letters. Letterheads from Le Point; Thadée
NATANSON (C.A.S., he mentions Renoir); Reine Thadée
NATANSON (autograph letter); Countess Greffulhe (invitation to view
‘movements reconstructed from Greek statues’):
Félix FÉNÉON for Bernheim Jeune (‘you have forgotten three
paintings here’); Jules ROCHE (2); Juliette ROCHE (letter);
Paul de LAPPARENT; Berthe Georges LECOMTE (3. She
mentions D’Espagnat and Binet) and Georges LECOMTE (2); Paul
SOUCHON (3); etc.
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