Set of 29 items including handwritten letters and invitation - Lot 181

Set of 29 items including handwritten letters and invitation cards from painter Maurice ESTEVE to Robet Gourru. Jointly 1 black/white photograph of a work. - 1 A4 poster of the exhibition at the Musée Cantini in Marseille, from June 1 to September 1, 1981 - 1 black and white photograph 27.5 x 19.5 cm of Jean Dubout representing the lithograph "le petit ramoneur" 1986 - invitation card to the exhibition Peintures (1935-1947) from May 7 to June 12, 1965 - 01/06/1971 2-page letter requesting details of the work presented, 26/06/1971 letter thanking for the catalog and mentioning a future meeting - 1 addendum to the sale of Maurice ESTEVE's works on November 28, 1971 at the Palais des congrès de Versailles - 25/12/1971 greetings postcard - short note accompanying the invitation to the opening of the drawings 1960-1971 exhibition on 16/03/1972, galerie Claude Bernard, rue des Beaux Arts, Paris - note accompanying the invitation to the opening of the watercolor exhibition on March 14, 1973, galerie Claude Bernard, rue des Beaux Arts, Paris - 04/04/1973 letter wishing him well and mentioning a trip to Zurich, two exhibitions and three dates in Germany. This letter accompanies the invitation card to the opening of the exhibition at the Neur Galerie in Zurich from April 6 to May 13, 1973 - small note accompanying two invitation cards to the opening of the exhibition on April 23, 1974 at the Galerie Claude Bernard, rue des Beeaux Arts, Paris. 05/26/1975 letter accompanying the dispatch of the special issue of XXeSiècle written by San Lazzaro in homage to the painter - 07/18/1975 letter requesting confirmation of receipt of the special issue of XXe Siècle - 03/28/1977 letter referring to the painter's lack of taste for exhibitions, official solicitations, art dealers and refusing an exchange, as well as abandoning the watercolor technique. This letter is accompanied by an invitation to the May 4, 1977 vernissage at Galerie Claude Bernard, rue des beaux arts, Paris - 04/23/1977 letter of thanks offering two numbered watercolors on paper - invitation to the opening of the exhibition "certitude de l'incertain" Lyrisme et paysagisme abstraits en France de 1945 à 1975 at Musée Cantini, Marseille, April 29, 1977 - 12/27/1977 letter of thanks (on a card depicting a lithograph by Maurice Estève) evoking the resistance of the painter who describes himself as the only Parisian not to have a TV and the only one to ignore the Beaubourg "thingy" - 2 invitation cards for the 5th Fiac 1978 international contemporary art fair at the Grand Palais - February 24/1979 letter evoking the resistance of the painter who describes himself as the only Parisian not to have a TV and the only one to ignore the Beaubourg "thingy".24/02/1979 letter evoking all the requests for exhibitions that Maurice ESTEVE has turned down or even refused and evoking Daniel Abadie of the Beaubourg Museum following Estève's refusal of a retrospective in Paris - 3 invitation cards to the inauguration of the exhibition "oeuvres de 1950-1980, May 22, 1981 at the Musée Cantini in Marseille - 08/10/1981 postcard thanking Estève for the article in the Dauphiné Libéré about the painter's work. - 14/10/1981 letter about the titles of the paintings and the words the paintings suggest - invitation card to the opening of the exhibition "propositions pour une rétrospective" from January 15 to March 6, 1983 - 04/12/1983 letter of thanks mentioning the painter's health problems. Handwritten letter dated 08/05/1987 concerning the retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palais and then in Oslo, and the future exhibition in Valréas, accompanied by the invitation card for the opening of the Maurice ESTEVE exhibition from May 9 to July 5 1987 at the Tübingen Art Gallery. 08/07/1985 letter of reply mentioning the retrospective at the Grand Palais and the major donation to the town of Bourges, and refusing a future exhibition in Valréas - 09/12/1986 letter mentioning an exhibition at the Grand Palais and certain works that have not been found. It refers to the authenticity of a 1926 drawing, done in black ink with a brush -17/12/1986 letter thanking for the praise following the Grand Palais exhibition and accepting an exhibition for the summer of 1987 in Valréas and mentioning Dr. Plaussu running the gallery tendances rue Quincampois in Paris 3e - 10/09/1987 letter thanking for the glowing article and mentioning health problems preventing the painter from working. VERY GOOD CONDITION