APOLLINAIRE Guillaume (Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, dit) [Rome, 1880 - Paris, 1918], French poet. Autograph letter signed [to Louis Lumet]. March 29, 1908, 9 rue de Léonie; 2 pages in-8° (recto-verso), incomplete. "My dear friend, write me a word to tell me which day you come free and if the review works and the Reminder!!? In your article on the Indépendants, please do not forget to mention the pleasure you will not fail to find in looking at the paintings of Mademoiselle Marie Laurencin. They have been placed between those of Rouault and those of Vlaminck"...

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