Lot n° 104

RIVERA (Diego) — Lettre signée, en anglais, à son agent artistique new-yorkais Nettie King.

Estimation : 400 - 500 €
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Mexico, 3 février 1947. 1 p. dactylographiée in-folio. Le peintre évoque ses hésitations quant à la proposition qui lui est soumise de participer à un projet de cartes postales illustrées.

« Thank you for your kind letter. I am ready to wait for the decision of the publisher provided that I could have the hope of your coming down to discuss the matter, and that of course more for the pleasure of seeing you again. The Christmas cards interest me, [e]specially on account of being in the good company of painters such as you mention, but the only trouble is to have to do the sketches without knowing the results the[y] may have. The most difficult part of it is to imagine and do the composition for the painting. The actual price for my sketches are around the amount you announce as the possible advance, which makes it difficult to risk the work without being sure of the profit obtained by it... »

Joint, 3 doubles carbone de lettres dactylographiées de Nettie King Diego Rivera (25 janvier, 30 mars et 14 septembre 1947).
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