Constant NIEUWENHUYS(19020-2005, Dutch painter and printmake - Lot 454

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Constant NIEUWENHUYS(19020-2005, Dutch painter and printmake - Lot 454
Constant NIEUWENHUYS(19020-2005, Dutch painter and printmaker, founder of the COBRAMovement of which he was theorist) / Autograph letter signed "Constant", 2 p in-4,Amsterdam,Years 50, toRoger van GINDERTAEL(1899-1982, painter and art critic): He informs him that Stephen GILBERT(1910-2007, painter) has just been working with him for a few weeks on the silkscreen, "with interesting results, especially for solid color compositions", "we hope to show you soon the things we have done"; On the other hand he thinks that Jean PONS(1913-2005, painter) has finished, more or less, "the prints for the album of 12 lithographs", "we would like to put an end now to this edition which has taken so long"; "Among the subscribers who have paid for the work are a good number of my relations, who regularly pull at my coat to ask me when I'll ask for their copy", meaning that before having anything else published (these serigraphs), "I feel obliged to think first of all about the termination of the other album"; "I hope you'll understand this situation well enough to excuse me if I intrude on the intimacy of your vacation, with the request that you send us the preface we're waiting for" - As Gilbert is returning to Paris, "he'll be able to take care of the composition of the text and cover as soon as you've sent it", "so we can avoid dissatisfied subscribers, which will make it easier to subscribe for a future edition" - He plans to see him in Paris to bring him "a little pochade I'm doing with a Dutch architect".
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