Henri MATISSE (1869-1954). L.A.S., [Nice late 1940], to a fr - Lot 19

Henri MATISSE (1869-1954). L.A.S., [Nice late 1940], to a friend; 2pages in-4 (small marginal repair). Fuel restrictions have forced him to "take the old Cimiez streetcar with all the inconveniences that entails. Otherwise I wouldn't have just taken two days off my bed". He's better now, and they'll be able to eat together "a good fish (if you like it...)". He tells the story of Corot, invited by friends who have made him sweetbreads: "They say to him - Do you like it? - I love it! - He hated it, yet out of kindness he ate it, as he did every time these good friends gave him dinner. But that was Corot. I wouldn't do the same, and neither should you. So we'll have a nice fish à la Coquille at noon½"...