Lot n° 41
Estimation :
700 - 800
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 960EUR
Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN. 6 L.A.S. ("St."... - Lot 41 - Ader
Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN. 6 L.A.S. ("St." or "Estellen"), Paris and Jouy-la-Fontaine, July 23-August 17, 1923, to his daughter Colette Inghelbrecht-Steinlen; 13 pages in-8 and in-4, 3 addresses.
Correspondence to his daughter, a few months before his death.
July 23. Steinlen has settled in Jouy-la-Fontaine, with his companion Massa, but he has to go to Paris "quite frequently because of my old mouth which is going haywire and which Geoffroy is going to have to mechanize again. My gums are already in a state of disarray"... July 30, the dentist extracted 7 teeth, some of which "were necrotic". He follows his daughter's trip (with Roger Désormière) to the South of France: "I am happy, my dear Colette, to know that you are 'bigaging' in beautiful countries that will interest you. For me, however, who has just seen them again in such good conditions, Lake Geneva, the Vaud region and Savoy are incomparable places and it is there that I will return as often as possible if I can. He advised him to go to Jouques and to visit the painter Jean Roque and the Gassiers in Marseille... August 4, he returns to Paris for his jaw, and has lunch with Inghelbrecht, "an Inghel who is not too depressed" [Inghel and Colette divorced in 1920]. On August 14, he gives news of the cats in Jouy: "With the cats running around, getting lost, finding each other or not, all our neighbors take care of us"; he gives a comical description of his neighbors Bertandeau of the "My Home" estate: "Nobody knows English there, but that doesn't matter, it's more chic, Madame told me". Their French garden is "ma-gni-fi-que, so magnificent that Bertandeau declares himself poisoned by it - it takes two gardeners - and that's not enough"; and to complain, about the Stock Exchange, his children, and "that damn 'My Home' that eats everything up!" Steinlen had the major work done to install the stove that his daughter wanted: "The stove works and that's definitive. [...] The work is not going well and I fear that we will all be short of food this winter. [...] I saw Inghel on Friday (and will see him again next Friday) rather bored too, poor Inghel - he would like to be in the country but where - and the expenses. Nothing to look forward to. If I didn't lead a life that was a bit stultified by gardening and housework, I might be afraid. But I don't know why I have confidence... We'll see"... August 17, he sends her his passport since she has to go to Lausanne and talks about the cats: "Great puçage of the cats to whom Farinette had largely passed her guests", whom he hopes not to bring back to Paris: "in the workshop it would be a dirty business"; he had lunch with Inghel whom he found "in good condition"; he ends by sending his good memories to Désormière...
A l.a.s. from Germaine Perrin to Colette (August 8, 1923) giving news of Biche (Marguerite Steinlen).
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