Set of 13 handwritten letters from the painter Jean BAZAINE - Lot 179

Set of 13 handwritten letters from the painter Jean BAZAINE addressed to Robert Gourru: - 04/27/1977 letter of invitation to visit the painter's studio where large watercolors are on display - 11/19/1977 letter mentioning health concerns, notably a cataract operation - 05/14/1978 letter mentioning works by Georges Carré, a canvas and a watercolor "Manoir en Normandie" as well as Jean Bazaine's "salle de musique" ensemble. - 27/12/1980 letter about the impossibility of selling outside Maeght and about the painter's works exhibited in Europe (Edinburgh, London, Athens, Nordic countries...).) accompanied by a greetings card with an engraving by Jean Bazaine signed and dated in pencil - 12/30/1982 postcard thanking for the acquisition of a work and mentioning a television broadcast and a forthcoming exhibition - 01/30/1983 letter mentioning a watercolor, a possible exchange and the artist's stained-glass windows. 02/06/1983 letter of thanks evoking an exhibition in Sweden, a 1944 watercolor, a future exhibition and a major retrospective at Beaubourg in 1985 - 16/10/1983 letter evoking the Adrien Maeght gallery and the subject of a watercolor: the portrait of the daughter of the painter's 1st wife. A small pen sketch appears in the body of the letter. - 27/10/1983 bristol evoking the painter's watercolors and the Maeght gallery where Tapiès and Peter Klasen were exhibited. - 11/04/1984 letter thanking for a photo of the watercolor depicting the painter's daughter-in-law, the latter proposing an exchange and announcing an exhibition at Adrien Maeght. - 07/23/1986 letter thanking the painter for his presence at the exhibition and for his work on the stained-glass windows in St Dié - 09/01/1988 letter concerning articles in the press and expressing best wishes - 18/01/1988 letter of thanks and apology VERY GOOD CONDITION