Leonora Carrington - Lot 57

Lot n° 57
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Leonora Carrington - Lot 57
Leonora Carrington 3 autograph letters signed to Henri Parisot. 3 pp. ½ in-4 and 1 p. in-8. Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, without date [circa 1938-1940]. Correspondence dating from the beginning of his meeting with Max Ernst and their installation in Ardèche [they lived there from 1938 to 1941]. Approximate spelling. "Thank you very much for your letter which found us here. Max says if you can send the texts corrected because I forgot to take with us, we want it for the collages. Also to see Uncle Sam Carrington again (the one you don't find well). We bought a house here two cats and a dog the dog has just vomited". "Thank you for this beautiful book, I read it when I was a child and since then I've wanted to read it again - I like it very much, the illustrations are also very beautiful [...]. Max is divorced - it will be completely valid on August 5 - on that day we will have a party with fireworks, wine and music (death to turds!). Leonor Fini writes me that she might become the director of the Place Vendôme gallery, have you visited this yet? You will see beautiful furniture with bird feet and chairs made of women's corsets [...]". She copies a story to send him, tells him about her perfume "It's called Patchouli [...]. It is so old-fashioned that it is no longer made. It is a perfume of whore 1900". She evokes the fate of Max Ernst, then interned in the Camp des Milles near Aix-en-Provence. "I saw Max who is in good health, his camp is big and sad [...]. I also heard a rather gloomy idea - that is, that they intended to send about 300 of the internees to an island 40 kilometers from Marseille. Max was to be among them, but he hoped not to go after a request to the commandant (who is kind) [...]. I am happy to be home. I drink pale pink wine in the sun. I look at the cats and from time to time I paint a green door [...]".
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