Juan GRIS - Signed autograph letter - Picasso, Max Jacob, André Salmon
Juan GRIS (1887 - 1927), Spanish painter
Autograph letter signed to the art critic and promoter of cubism, Maurice Raynal. Paris December 18, 1915; 3 pages 1/2 in-8°. Usual center fold
Rare and exceptional letter from the Spanish cubist painter, who died at only forty years old, giving news of the avant-garde artistic and literary scene in Paris, while the war has been bogged down for a year. He evokes in turn the moving funeral of Marcelle Humbert, known as Eva Gouel, wife of Pablo Picasso, the surprising conversion to Catholicism of Max Jacob, news of the health of André Salmon, the Reverdys. It also reveals the underlying quarrels and tensions within the artistic community: "My dear friend. I should have answered your last one a long time ago. What do you want, it's the laziness that gives civil blues. Because it's not just you who are bored, I have nothing very pleasant to teach you. Picasso's wife died a few days ago. The funeral which we attended 9 or 8 friends was very sad apart of course from the few projections of Max [Jacob] which made it even more sinister. Picasso is quite struck by that. Maybe I'll sign a treaty if the conditions work out. In any case, if the projects we are doing manage to come true, there is room for you. All this is still too vague for me to tell you about it, but if it worked I'll let you know. Basler [Adolphe Basler, Apollinaire's secretary, art critic and art broker] fell in love with me suddenly and he often comes to see me. He says a lot of good things about you as the only critic who knows something about painting and who is general ideas. He discovered two new denominations for painting: the painting of Central Europe, Don Derain is the great master, and the painting of the failed union to which all the tepid revolutionaries like Segonzac and others rally. He also calls Max the convert for the duration of the war [on September 22, 1909, at the age of 33, the poet Max Jacob, of Jewish faith, sees "the Host" on the wall of his room. This vision upsets him to the depths of his being]. I saw that Salmon was very ill. He's better, but he almost passed out. All this complicates what it seems with a large mash. Try to write to me soon and receive my dear friend all my friendship. Juan Gris My wife [Josette] and the Reverdys send you hello"
Autograph letter signed to the art critic and promoter of cubism, Maurice Raynal. Paris December 18, 1915; 3 pages 1/2 in-8°. Usual center fold
Rare and exceptional letter from the Spanish cubist painter, who died at only forty years old, giving news of the avant-garde artistic and literary scene in Paris, while the war has been bogged down for a year. He evokes in turn the moving funeral of Marcelle Humbert, known as Eva Gouel, wife of Pablo Picasso, the surprising conversion to Catholicism of Max Jacob, news of the health of André Salmon, the Reverdys. It also reveals the underlying quarrels and tensions within the artistic community: "My dear friend. I should have answered your last one a long time ago. What do you want, it's the laziness that gives civil blues. Because it's not just you who are bored, I have nothing very pleasant to teach you. Picasso's wife died a few days ago. The funeral which we attended 9 or 8 friends was very sad apart of course from the few projections of Max [Jacob] which made it even more sinister. Picasso is quite struck by that. Maybe I'll sign a treaty if the conditions work out. In any case, if the projects we are doing manage to come true, there is room for you. All this is still too vague for me to tell you about it, but if it worked I'll let you know. Basler [Adolphe Basler, Apollinaire's secretary, art critic and art broker] fell in love with me suddenly and he often comes to see me. He says a lot of good things about you as the only critic who knows something about painting and who is general ideas. He discovered two new denominations for painting: the painting of Central Europe, Don Derain is the great master, and the painting of the failed union to which all the tepid revolutionaries like Segonzac and others rally. He also calls Max the convert for the duration of the war [on September 22, 1909, at the age of 33, the poet Max Jacob, of Jewish faith, sees "the Host" on the wall of his room. This vision upsets him to the depths of his being]. I saw that Salmon was very ill. He's better, but he almost passed out. All this complicates what it seems with a large mash. Try to write to me soon and receive my dear friend all my friendship. Juan Gris My wife [Josette] and the Reverdys send you hello"
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