MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983)

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter. A.L.S., Miro, two pages, 4to, Barcelona, 31st December 1935, to a [Alice Frey], in French. Miro enquires as to how Frey and her husband are doing and as to how her work is going, and remarks ´Je pense toujours a mon court sejour a Bruxelles et aux moments de bonne camaraderie que nous avons passe ensemble dans votre maison si accueillante. J´espere que je pourrai avoir le loisir de vous revoir pas dans un si long intervale que la derniere fois´ (Translation: ´I'm still thinking about my short stay in Brussels and the good times we spent together in your welcoming home. I hope that I will be able to have the leisure of seeing you again, not with such a long interval as last time´), further writing of his own recent work activities ´Je fais actuellement une grande exposition a Prague. I´y suis alle avec ma femme pour le vernissage; c´est un tres beau pays et l´on est merveilleusement bien recu. J´espere que je reussirai a faire quelque vente, ce qui ne serait pas mal´ (Translation: ´I am currently doing a big exhibition in Prague. I went there with my wife for the opening; it is a very beautiful country and one is wonderfully well received. I hope I will succeed in making some sales, which would not be bad´) and concluding ´Ma femme se joint a moi pour pour vous souhaiter a vous et a votre mari une bonne annee 1936 avec bonne sante et bon travail. Elle me prie aussi de vous dire qu´elle serait tres heureuse de faire votre connaissance un jour´ (Translation: ´My wife joins me in wishing you and your husband a happy New Year 1936 with good health and good work. She would also like me to tell you that she would be very happy to meet you one day´). Some minor staining, only very slightly affecting a few words of text and not the signature, G Alice Frey (1895-1981) Belgian painter, wife of Georges Marlier, himself later a noted art critic and painter.