Raoul DUFY. L.S., Perpignan, February 14, 1949, to Mrs. Leto - Lot 219

Lot n° 219
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150 - 200 EUR
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Result : 198EUR
Raoul DUFY. L.S., Perpignan, February 14, 1949, to Mrs. Leto - Lot 219
Raoul DUFY. L.S., Perpignan, February 14, 1949, to Mrs. Letourneaux in Nice; 1 typed page (in-4), stamped envelope. He is delighted that his friend is with his wife Émilienne, whom he found to be in good health. He hopes to see her again soon, “but I always see her so troubled, and I would so much like to reassure her. As a result, in my state of near-immobility, I get frustrated and tormented by not being able to do so—especially by not being able to see her often. Tell her all of this. Also tell her that I’m happy about the success I’ve achieved—for her and for me—but that this success isn’t without causing me a great deal of torment and trouble. I’m forced to turn away people who come to pester me and butter me up. Of course, I know full well that many people want to own my paintings, but what I’m even more certain of is that there are many who would like to sell them, so I have to sort through all of that and fight my way through it. And all these people who tell me it’s wrong not to keep and sell all my paintings in France. If I sold them to these people, they’d be the first to sell them to Americans, because of the exchange rate between the franc and the dollar. So, I’d rather the profit from this transaction go to me and to the person who handles my business, because selling paintings and running the business are two different things, and selling paintings properly is much harder than people think. I was very amused by the story of the Duke of Compostela, who copies my paintings and is on trial in Nice. […] If he did his work in Nice, I think he might have copied some fake Dufys”…
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