


BEAUX-ARTS.
MATISSE Henri (1869-1954).
L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Vence, April 17, 1948, addressed to Christian ZERVOS.
2 pages in-4, original envelope enclosed.
Letter about René Char's health and remarks about the painter Bonnard.
"I wish René Char to be out of the suffering he had to endure and I also wish that penicillin would leave him completely. This marvelous drug has had consequences for me that I am not yet free of [...]. As for my protest about your article on Bonnard, I will add that I have known him all my life [...] as he said himself, he is between Impressionism and Fauvism, because he did not want to be given a role he did not deserve. [...] For me he is already one of the great painters. [...] I am still here and working..."
- BELLMER Hans (1902-1975).
L.A.S. "Hans Bellmer", "28 IV 49 [?], Paris".
1 page on an in-4 sheet of pink paper, with small paper stars pasted on top.
- RODIN Auguste (1840-1917).
L.S. "Auguste Rodin", [Paris], October 9, 1910 to the secretary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
1 page and a half in-8, bistre paper, headed "182 rue de l'université".
Rodin is concerned about his participation in the Royal Exhibition of Fine Arts in Berlin in 1911.
MATISSE Henri (1869-1954).
L.A.S. "H. Matisse", Vence, April 17, 1948, addressed to Christian ZERVOS.
2 pages in-4, original envelope enclosed.
Letter about René Char's health and remarks about the painter Bonnard.
"I wish René Char to be out of the suffering he had to endure and I also wish that penicillin would leave him completely. This marvelous drug has had consequences for me that I am not yet free of [...]. As for my protest about your article on Bonnard, I will add that I have known him all my life [...] as he said himself, he is between Impressionism and Fauvism, because he did not want to be given a role he did not deserve. [...] For me he is already one of the great painters. [...] I am still here and working..."
- BELLMER Hans (1902-1975).
L.A.S. "Hans Bellmer", "28 IV 49 [?], Paris".
1 page on an in-4 sheet of pink paper, with small paper stars pasted on top.
- RODIN Auguste (1840-1917).
L.S. "Auguste Rodin", [Paris], October 9, 1910 to the secretary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
1 page and a half in-8, bistre paper, headed "182 rue de l'université".
Rodin is concerned about his participation in the Royal Exhibition of Fine Arts in Berlin in 1911.
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