Serge RACHMANINOV (1873-1943). L.A.S., August 3, 1931, to his beloved Constantine Alexeevitch [Korovine]; 1 page in-8 on blue paper; in Russian. [Rachmaninov had known the painter Constantin Korovine (1861-1939) at the Moscow Private Opera, of which Korovine was one of the decorators; they remained close friends. ]He was very touched when he received Korovine's gift, and wants to thank him with all his soul! Moreover the "subject" is so close to his heart. He is leaving for Switzerland, where he has just finished the construction of a small house. He takes his gift with him and will hang it in his room. While looking at it he will think of Korovine with gratitude ... In 1930 Rachmaninov, back from America, bought a piece of land in Switzerland on the shores of Lake Lucerne and built the Villa Senar (named after the first letters of his first name and that of his wife Natalia, and the initial R).