55 - Maximilien LUCE (1858–1941). 4 letters addressed to Pissarro. 1892.

Maximilien LUCE (1858–1941). 4 letters addressed to Pissarro. 1892. “My dear Mr. Pissarro. Thank you for your kind letter; please excuse the incoherence of the one that Gausson and I wrote to you from Lagny— I was in such a state of despondency and boredom that I didn’t really know what I was writing; things are a little better now, though I’ve still been feeling quite tired for the past few days. I returned from Lagny eight days ago today; I would have liked to stay a little longer, but since I had started something in Paris and hadn’t made much progress, I had to return to the capital. Since landscape painting was nearly impossible in this dreadful weather, so I’ve set to work on an interior scene. I gather from what you’ve told me that Lucien is working hard and that the tricycle must be running nonstop between Gisors and Eragny—all the better...” “My dear Mr. Pissarro. I am writing to you in haste, as I am leaving tonight at 10 p.m. for St. Tropez. The superb gouache you entrusted to me was sold by Pouget to Durand for 225 francs. It’s not much, but all other attempts have failed; I didn’t go to Mr. Galimard’s, and I sent Pouget to Durand for fear that if I went myself, he might suspect the matter came from you and think I was in need of money. I think I did the right thing.”