Set of 21 handwritten letters from painter Léon ZACK to art - Lot 180

Set of 21 handwritten letters from painter Léon ZACK to art critic Robert GOURRU: - 05/19/1972 letter mentioning the impossibility of attending the vernissage on July 16, 1972 - 06/02/1972 letter following the dispatch of 21 paintings with titles. Reference to an article by Pierre Courthion in "connaissance des Arts" - 07/20/1972 letter of thanks for the presentation of the paintings, mentioning the vernissage, the presence of painter Simon Segal and the Press (July-August-September 1972 exhibition of Simon Segal, Coubine, Daumier and Léon Zack at Château de Simiane, Valréas) - 08/27/1972 letter of thanks for the perfect hanging of the exhibition, request to change a canvas - 09/14/1972 letter mentioning a family funeral and a future vernissage in Neuchâtel - 09/28/1972 letter of thanks for the good packing of the paintings, 10/24/1971 letter following the presentation of works in two galleries - 02/20/1973 letter evoking Robert Gourru's health problems, a past exhibition, the sale of 5 paintings and a future exhibition at Galerie Protée Toulouse - 06/11/1973 letter of thanks evoking memories of Provence, gastronomy and poetry - 07/29/1973 letter announcing a stay, a future exhibition, the sculptures of Irène ZACK, daughter of Léon ZACK. A sculptor friend MATHYS is mentioned (21/02/1933 Neuchâtel -27/06/2022). - 07/08/1973 letter of invitation to a stay evoking a common collector friend - 22/08/1973 letter evoking a theft at Château de Simiane, an invitation, 14/12/1973 letter of thanks for gifts, also mentioning health problems and Irène ZACK's scuptures - 27/03/1974 letter concerning a trip to Vesc and Dieulefit, with reference to the purchase of a painting by Monsieur G. Pichotin, who wishes to organize an exhibition of his work. Pichotin who wishes to organize an exhibition of Léon Zack and his daughter Irène - 07/07/1974 letter about a stay in Vesc and a room destined to become a studio for Irène Zack's sculptures - 06/10/1974 letter mentioning health concerns - 15/06/1976 letter about forthcoming exhibitions, a holiday and the opening of Irène Zack's exhibition - 06/24/1976 letter thanking for sending photos of stained-glass windows and announcing a bereavement - 07/13/1976 letter of congratulations following an exhibition - 07/18/1977 postcard from Bargemon giving and requesting news - 03/25/1978 letter mentioning vacations and health problems of Léon Zack, who can hardly see out of his left eye. Léon Zack died on March 30, 1980. A set of typed texts is enclosed: - Biography of Léon Zack - Text by Pierre Courthion, Art Critic, on Léon Zack's painting - Text by Robert Gourru on the 21 paintings by Léon Zack exhibited in the two rooms of the Salon de l'Enclave, Valréas, Château de Simiane. - Typed letter from Christine Vaque, doctoral student in Art History preparing a thesis on stained glass in France from 1945 to the present day, who is mounting an exhibition featuring models by Léon Zack and Jean Le Moal. 3 photos of stained-glass windows are attached - 4 typewritten pages by Christine Blanchet-Vaque on Léon Zack, interview with Jean Le Moal, Notre-Dame de Nazareth church, Valréas, Léon Zack and Jean Le Moal - 2 leaflets from the Centre d'art contemporain de la Ville de Rouen, exhibition November 18-December 23, 1983: Extracts from texts by Pierre Courthion and Bernard Dorival, text by Léon Zack. Set of photographs, negatives of photographs of works and exhibition booklets by Léon Zack: - 1 slide print of a stained-glass window by Léon Zack photographed by Bernard Coste Studio l'œil écoute - 3 black and white photos of the artist Léon Zack - 3 black and white photos of Léon Zack at exhibitions - 1 invitation to the vernissage of November 22, 1979 at Galerie Jacques Massol, with the black and white photo of Léon Zack - 1 invitation to the vernissage of the Léon Zack retrospective of October 7, 1972 at Galerie Numaga, Auvernier Switzerland - 1 booklet of the Léon Zack retrospective exhibition from October 7 to November 19, 1972 at Galerie Numaga, Auvernier Switzerland - 1 invitation to the opening of the exhibition "Hommage à Léon Zack -Oeuvres de 1947 à 1974" on October 28, 1976 - 1 invitation to the opening of the Léon Zack Peintures Lavis exhibition from July 19 to August 24, 1975, in the presence of the artist, at Galerie Noella Gest, St Rémy de Provence - 4 negatives of photographs of Léon Zack's stained-glass windows - 7 strips of negatives of Léon Zack and his works. VERY GOOD CONDITION