12 - DUFY (Raoul). Signed letter to Lucien Reverd, chemical engineer at Les Gobelins. Perpignan, May 17, 1949. 1 1/4 typewritten pages, folio size.

DUFY (Raoul). Signed letter to Lucien Reverd, chemical engineer at Les Gobelins. Perpignan, May 17, 1949. 1 1/4 typewritten pages, folio size. “... Thank you for your kind words, but I am deeply troubled by the information you have shared with me regarding your situation at the factory... It appears that nothing—or at least nothing that could be held against you—has been done, either by you or by me, and one thing is clear: that you have not engaged in any commercial activity, and I believe it was your duty to use your expertise and talent to advise those who, like me, needed your technical guidance, and I believe that, like me, you have worked in the national interest... I THOUGHT I HAD FINISHED THE HORSES DRAWING LAST WEEK, and no sooner had I said it was finished than I undertook a general revision, because in the end, I HAD DONE THIS WORK WITH A MINDset SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN I CREATED “THE TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE COUNTRYSIDE” IN FRONT OF YOU. I WAS STARTING TO CREATE SOMETHING DRY AND IMAGE-LIKE, I’VE NOW BROUGHT IT BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK, and it’s more in the vein of “The Three Nudes” than “Tapestry-like Image”—which is the great danger for me when I have that tapestry-like mindset; it’s a mistake. I have to think only of painting...”