Hugues REBELL (1867-1905). 6 L.A.S., [1902 and s.d.], to Maurice Sailland (Curnonsky); 9pages in-12 or in-8, 2 envelopes and an address. Friendly, literary and erotic correspondence.[April 10], he regrets having missed it. "I don't have a Calineuse at home, that's why I didn't send it to you"; he's going to ask the Revue blanche for some. - April 26]. "What you tell me about Rubens delights me. For me he is the god of painting. [...] He's the only one who can draw those beautiful restive rumps of cavales and those beautiful surrenders of blond women. [...] He has painted the real woman, the blonde woman, sanguine, good, sensual, with long legs, a short waist, superb hips and ass"... etc. - He recommended their colleague Labbé, "like us a Venus devotee"; suffering, he was behind in his work, and asked to lend him 200F. - He looked for him at the Gavarni ball: "There were marvelous buttocks and throats, not to mention the pretty sentimental figures hiding in cabriole hats"... - He'd like to see him "before you leave for Biarritz"... - He's very busy: "It's a very expensive fashion that the first of January and I work so that some friends have fine sweets, flowers and pretty ornaments on that day. At other times, I'm forgiven for being a simple lover, but the gift of self at the beginning of the year is no longer enough [...] And that's why my imagination is working on love adventures to feed my own loves and delight women lovers. In fact, nothing is as pretty as a woman's smile except her tears"... Attached is a l.s. from E. de Grolier of Librairie Rombaldi to Curnonsky, asking for an article on Rebell (1945).