BIB_ID
423616
Accession number
MA 3500.310
Creator
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954, sender.
Display Date
Rochefort-en-Yvelines, France, 1939 September 6.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 1980.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.9 x 20.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Written from Hôtel St. Pierre, Rochefort-en-Yvelines.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Hotel du Croissant / ... / A. Bergounhon" [crossed out].
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Paul Rosenberg / Le Grand Pontiac / Cinq-Mars la Pile / [?] Tours / (Indre-et-Loire)," with the original address, "21 rue da Boëtie / Paris," crossed out.
Postmarked and stamped.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Hotel du Croissant / ... / A. Bergounhon" [crossed out].
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Paul Rosenberg / Le Grand Pontiac / Cinq-Mars la Pile / [?] Tours / (Indre-et-Loire)," with the original address, "21 rue da Boëtie / Paris," crossed out.
Postmarked and stamped.
Summary
He is in Rochefort en Yvelines, between Paris and Chartres, for as long as the weather allows. He hopes to go down south soon. He has just bought a little Fiat and will drive first to Tours. He asks if Rosenberg thinks he can find 2 rooms there for a day or two. He's working every day but fears the cold. He says it's not the time to be sick right now. He hopes that Rosenberg and his family are in good health and wishes them courage in their terrible ordeal. (in postscript) He says he left Paris after putting everything in a safe place, as Rosenberg advised and thanks him for his advice.
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