DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A.L.S., Raoul Dufy, two pages, 8vo, (written to the first and third ...

DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A.L.S., Raoul Dufy, two pages, 8vo, (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), Paris, 12th September 1917, to Jean Emile Laboureur, in French. Dufy enquires 'Voulez vous faire pour le prochain almanack des lettres et des arts edite par Poiret les douze dessins pour les mois du calendriar' (Translation: 'Do you want to do for the next almanack of letters and arts edited by Poiret the twelve drawings for the months of the calendar') and continues 'Je serais bien heureux si vous acceptiez car j'ai trouve bien jolis les derniers dessins que j'ai vus de vous. Il faudrait faire vite, il faudrait que vous m'envoyiez cela dans un mois. Dites moi vite que vous acceptez et n'oubliez pas de dire vos conditions' (Translation: 'I would be very happy if you accepted because I found the last drawings I saw of yours to be very pretty. You'd have to act quickly, you'd have to send it to me in a month. Tell me quickly that you accept and do not forget to state your conditions'), also explaining that he is sending him two copies of the letter, one to Paris and another to Nantes, as he doesn't have Laboureur's military address to hand, and concluding 'Je regrette bien de n'avoir pas eu la chance de vous recontrer a vos permissions j'espere que je ne vous manquerai pas a la prochaine. Repondez-moi vite' (Translation: 'I very much regret not having had the chance to meet you on your leave, I hope you won't miss me next time. Answer me quickly'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed (to Paris) by Dufy. VG Jean Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) French painter, designer, engraver, watercolourist, lithographer and illustrator.