PRAX VALENTINE: (1897-1981)
PRAX VALENTINE: (1897-1981) French expressionist and cubist painter, the wife of Ossip Zadkine from 1920-67. A.L.S., Valentine Prax, two pages, 4to, Rue d´Assas, Paris, 5th October 1958, to Bernard Davis, in French. Prax forwards her correspondent a list of her paintings which Green wishes to exhibit at his avant garde gallery in New York, and continues to ask ´Je voudrais que vous me disiez: 1° À quelle date vous désirez les recevoir. 2° Que vous me confirmiez que l’emballage, l’assurance et le transport aller et retour sont à la charge de “Avant garde gallery”. 3° Qu’il est bien convenu que sur les prix que j’indique 2/3 sont pour moi, 1/3 pour la galerie. Voilà pour les affaires´ (Translation: ´I would like you to let me know: 1. The date on which you would like to receive them 2. That you can confirm that the costs of packaging, insurance and return transport are to be borne by “Avant garde gallery”. 3. That it is agreed that, of the prices I have quoted, two-thirds are for me and one-third for the gallery. That covers the business side of things´), further remarking ´Il me reste à vous dire que je serai contente d’exposer dans votre galerie et que j’ai eu du plaisir à vous retrouver le même qu’autrefois, plein de vie, d’activité et d’enthousiasme´ (Translation: ´It only remains for me to say that I shall be delighted to exhibit at your gallery and that it has been a pleasure to see you again just as you were before, full of life, energy and enthusiasm´). Together with the autograph list of paintings referred to, two pages, 8vo, headed 20 peintures pour une exposition à “Avant garde gallery”, and listing the titles of twenty works (Including Les Sorcières, Charmuses d’oiseaux, La fenêtre ouverte, Le vin rouge, Communion avec la nature, Petite nature morte, L’heure du thé, L’odalisque etc.) along with their unframed dimensions and prices (ranging from 60,000 to 200,000 francs each). At the conclusion Prax also adds eighteen gouaches for 60,000 francs each and two drawings for 40,000 francs each. Some light staining to the edges of both the letter and the list, G
[ translate ]PRAX VALENTINE: (1897-1981) French expressionist and cubist painter, the wife of Ossip Zadkine from 1920-67. A.L.S., Valentine Prax, two pages, 4to, Rue d´Assas, Paris, 5th October 1958, to Bernard Davis, in French. Prax forwards her correspondent a list of her paintings which Green wishes to exhibit at his avant garde gallery in New York, and continues to ask ´Je voudrais que vous me disiez: 1° À quelle date vous désirez les recevoir. 2° Que vous me confirmiez que l’emballage, l’assurance et le transport aller et retour sont à la charge de “Avant garde gallery”. 3° Qu’il est bien convenu que sur les prix que j’indique 2/3 sont pour moi, 1/3 pour la galerie. Voilà pour les affaires´ (Translation: ´I would like you to let me know: 1. The date on which you would like to receive them 2. That you can confirm that the costs of packaging, insurance and return transport are to be borne by “Avant garde gallery”. 3. That it is agreed that, of the prices I have quoted, two-thirds are for me and one-third for the gallery. That covers the business side of things´), further remarking ´Il me reste à vous dire que je serai contente d’exposer dans votre galerie et que j’ai eu du plaisir à vous retrouver le même qu’autrefois, plein de vie, d’activité et d’enthousiasme´ (Translation: ´It only remains for me to say that I shall be delighted to exhibit at your gallery and that it has been a pleasure to see you again just as you were before, full of life, energy and enthusiasm´). Together with the autograph list of paintings referred to, two pages, 8vo, headed 20 peintures pour une exposition à “Avant garde gallery”, and listing the titles of twenty works (Including Les Sorcières, Charmuses d’oiseaux, La fenêtre ouverte, Le vin rouge, Communion avec la nature, Petite nature morte, L’heure du thé, L’odalisque etc.) along with their unframed dimensions and prices (ranging from 60,000 to 200,000 francs each). At the conclusion Prax also adds eighteen gouaches for 60,000 francs each and two drawings for 40,000 francs each. Some light staining to the edges of both the letter and the list, G
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