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[ZADKINE] - Henri RAMEY (La Fère Aisne 1927 - La Fère 1991, painter of the Montparnasse populist movement) / Nice set of 2 signed autograph letters and 1 signed autograph manuscript of 10 p in-4 in which he recounts his memories of the sculptor Zadkine - In the 2 letters, from 1971 and 1972 (each 1 p in-4), he addresses the director of a film shot in his countryside of Bruniquel with Zadkine (nb: Ramey had fallen in love with this corner of the Tarn-et-Garonne and had brought his artist friends to his corner of paradise), asking him for his memories of the sculptor: "I'd love to see the film you shot during your visit to my country home, but in the meantime couldn't I have a photo of Zadkine and me from the film? It would be a precious souvenir", and, when sending the manuscript: "Enclosed are a few pages of memories you asked for. They have only the merit of being very accurate. Use as you wish, cut, subtract, I have no self-respect as an author", he still has to rummage through his piles of documents, "already a few months before his death, Zadkine had written to ask me to find what concerned him, among other things, copies of the engravings included in the catalogs of our exhibition in Toulouse, but I haven't found anything yet" - The manuscript tells many anecdotes, evokes numerous artists, is written in a very lively manner, the original typed transcription of this manuscript is enclosed / Enclosed: set of articles and documents on Henry Ramey and the typed transcription of the manuscript.

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[ZADKINE] - Henri RAMEY (La Fère Aisne 1927 - La Fère 1991, painter of the Montparnasse populist movement) / Nice set of 2 signed autograph letters and 1 signed autograph manuscript of 10 p in-4 in which he recounts his memories of the sculptor Zadkine - In the 2 letters, from 1971 and 1972 (each 1 p in-4), he addresses the director of a film shot in his countryside of Bruniquel with Zadkine (nb: Ramey had fallen in love with this corner of the Tarn-et-Garonne and had brought his artist friends to his corner of paradise), asking him for his memories of the sculptor: "I'd love to see the film you shot during your visit to my country home, but in the meantime couldn't I have a photo of Zadkine and me from the film? It would be a precious souvenir", and, when sending the manuscript: "Enclosed are a few pages of memories you asked for. They have only the merit of being very accurate. Use as you wish, cut, subtract, I have no self-respect as an author", he still has to rummage through his piles of documents, "already a few months before his death, Zadkine had written to ask me to find what concerned him, among other things, copies of the engravings included in the catalogs of our exhibition in Toulouse, but I haven't found anything yet" - The manuscript tells many anecdotes, evokes numerous artists, is written in a very lively manner, the original typed transcription of this manuscript is enclosed / Enclosed: set of articles and documents on Henry Ramey and the typed transcription of the manuscript.

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