Letter from Marie Laurencin, Paris?, to Paul Rosenberg, 1923? : autograph manuscript signed.

She says that everyone is falling into poverty. Madame [Nicole] Groult thinks she has to sell her car. Laurencin says that according to what Roche [Henri Pierre Roché] has written her, Rosenberg is going to lower the prices for her paintings. It makes her sad to think that all the other painters are rolling in money, although she says she's not one to run after it. She says she works as much as they do--maybe even harder. She writes about Rosenberg's returning a painting. She says that first of all, "G.B." is capricious. He has lots of dealings with Hessel. He was thrilled to see her, and maybe Rosenberg is right that the painting in question wasn't so good. She asks Rosenberg to return it to her and not to worry about it. If the price of clothes goes down, she won't need to earn so much money. Peace of mind is the most important thing. She goes on to answer his questions: For the book Petites Filles, she's doing one to amuse herself [probably doing illustrations]. She thinks that [Gaston] Gallimard will buy it from her, but she's not sure. She's not going to do illustrations for the Bibliotheque Rose [a series for books for children ages 6-12] now. If she finds an apartment in Paris, Rosenberg can assign them to her/give them to her. About her upcoming exhibition: things aren't looking good--business is bad. She will try to do two drawings for him. After her signature she adds that almost all the art critics can't stand her because she never gave them a present of one of her paintings.