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François Le Grix
Autograph Letter Signed by François Le Grix - 1939

1939

$228.57
£170.61
€200VAT Included
CA$319.46
A$325.18
CHF 188.31
MX$4,294.11
NOK 2,104.80
SEK 2,245.99
DKK 1,530.84

About the Item

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by François Le Grix, to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Paris, June 9th 1939. In French. Two pages, double-sided. Excellent condition, including original envelope. On letterhead paper "La Revue Hebdomadaire - Le Directeur". Perfectly readable. This is a Thank-you letter written by the director of La Revue Hebdomadaire, Le Grix, accepting the Countess Pecci Blunt's lunch invitation. Le Grix expresses himself with uncertain words, because his mother died few days ago and he is not yet sure what to do. La Revue Hebdomadaire was a French literary weekly review founded in 1892 by Fernand Laudet and published until 1939. In 1908, this review absorbed Le Monde moderne and femme today.After having been its secretary in the 1910s, then its editor in chief in November 1920, succeeding René Moulin, François Le Grix (1881-1966) became its director from October 1922 to 1939. Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971) Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!
  • Creator:
    François Le Grix (1881 - 1966)
  • Creation Year:
    1939
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6.89 in (17.5 cm)Width: 4.53 in (11.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1147861stDibs: LU65037496402

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