Null KISLING Moïse (1891-1953), painter of the Partis school.
L.A.S. "Kiki" add…

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KISLING Moïse (1891-1953), painter of the Partis school. L.A.S. "Kiki" addressed to Ruth Thomas, Central-Park (New-York), July 2, 1945. 2 pp. in-4. Letterhead at her address, envelope enclosed, letter in French. Beautiful letter from Kisling to her friend Ruth Thomas, discussing a hypothetical return to Europe. With the armistice signed two months earlier, Kisling was not yet sure what was going to happen, especially as reconstruction was still going to take a long time. "I hope you become a good Californian, and maybe for a few more years, since our dear Europe is and will be in the shithouse for a long time to come. I, who dreamed of taking the first boat home, am still here and really don't know when I'll leave, so frightening are the letters I receive from over there! [I don't know how to explain my silence after all the letters he's sent me. [] A year later he was back in France, in Sanary sur Mer, where he would spend the rest of his life. He wrote to Ruth on December 15, 1946, saying he was looking forward to his return and his new home in France.

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KISLING Moïse (1891-1953), painter of the Partis school. L.A.S. "Kiki" addressed to Ruth Thomas, Central-Park (New-York), July 2, 1945. 2 pp. in-4. Letterhead at her address, envelope enclosed, letter in French. Beautiful letter from Kisling to her friend Ruth Thomas, discussing a hypothetical return to Europe. With the armistice signed two months earlier, Kisling was not yet sure what was going to happen, especially as reconstruction was still going to take a long time. "I hope you become a good Californian, and maybe for a few more years, since our dear Europe is and will be in the shithouse for a long time to come. I, who dreamed of taking the first boat home, am still here and really don't know when I'll leave, so frightening are the letters I receive from over there! [I don't know how to explain my silence after all the letters he's sent me. [] A year later he was back in France, in Sanary sur Mer, where he would spend the rest of his life. He wrote to Ruth on December 15, 1946, saying he was looking forward to his return and his new home in France.

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