Henri MATISSE (1869-1854). L.A.S., Vence May 29, 1947, to Mr - Lot 695

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Henri MATISSE (1869-1854). L.A.S., Vence May 29, 1947, to Mr - Lot 695
Henri MATISSE (1869-1854). L.A.S., Vence May 29, 1947, to Mrs. E. Van Hyfte; 1 and a half pages in-4, envelope. Taken up with his return to Vence and his resettlement, he was unable to answer his correspondent's request for an edition, regretting the trouble she had. "I am surprised by your request to publish a book on my works, followed by a luxury edition, because the only thing you wanted to do with the notes you had taken was to use them for a newspaper or magazine article when my exhibition was to be in Brussels. What you want to do has already been done and is being done again - I don't see the point. You know that there is a beginning of a crisis in the publishing industry which, according to the competent people, is only the beginning of a very important crisis. Therefore, from any point of view, I do not see that a new edition of my work is necessary and I cannot even grant permission at this moment...
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