RENOIR JEAN: (1894-1979) French film Director. Academy Award winner. A good A.L.S., `Jean ...

RENOIR JEAN: (1894-1979) French film Director. Academy Award winner. A good A.L.S., `Jean Renoir´, two pages, 4to, Rome, 14th April 1952, to Man Ray, in French. Renoir responds to his correspondent new year´s greetings `Chère Aimée, chère Julie, Cher Jean, cher Man, Je réponds à vos vœux de bonne année par une pensée Pascale, quel plaisir ce sera de vous voir à Paris´ (`Dear Aimée, dear Julie, dear Jean, dear Man, I respond to your new year greetings with an Easter thought, what a pleasure i twill be to see you in Paris´) Renoir further announces great news saying `Une grande nouvelle : Je suis grand-père, un petit fils John né à Boston le 27 Décembre dernier´ (`Great news : I am a grandfather, a grandson called John was born in Boston last 27th December´) Further again, and to a postscriptum, Renoir refers to Rome and to young boys very explicitly, stating `Rome est superbe. La neige disparait des montagnes. Les arbres sont en fleurs. Les pédérastes s´épanouissent. Les jeunes garçons ayant ressorti leurs étranges, collantes, indécentes petites culottes´ (`Rome is superb. The snow disappears from the mountains. The trees are in bloom. Pederasts flourish. The young boys having taken out their strange, tacky, indecent panties´) Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG

Man Ray (1890-1976) American Artist who contributed significantly to the Dada and Surrealist movements.

At the time of the present letter, Renoir was filming in Rome his second colour film `Le Carrosse d´Or´, which was his first film in Europe after thirteen years of absence. Truffaut would declare that this film could be considered Renoir´s best film.