LEON SPILLIAERT (1881-1946)

Correspondence with André de Ridder: collection of nine handwritten letters. 8vo, recto or recto/ verso, black ink, all signed. Dated between August 1920 and November 1929. We join: Four original postcards, 1920 - 1926. And: Handwritten note from Spilliaert on paper headed 'SELECTION', regarding receipt of money. And: Contract between 'Sélection' and Léon Spilliaert. 1p. 4to, printed recto/ verso. Completed by Spilliaert, signed and dated '29 Août 1920'. And: Handwritten layout for (to be published?) catalog for Spilliaert's expo at 'Sélection', October 1920. 4p. 8vo folded, black ink. At the top, Spilliaert wrote "Liste des aquarelles remises à Sélection le 10 Septembre 1920 pour expositon. De Ridder crossed this out and wrote in its place 'Catalogue de l'exposition de Léon Spilliaert du 9 au 22 Octobre 1920'. Spilliaert listed 84 works. The No. 8 'Tête de jeune fille' completes De Ridder himself, by analogy with the previous issue.