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Autograph letter by Marcel Gromaire signed with his initials, addressed to a female friend, 25 lines in blue ink written from Aubusson.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion, small stains to upper and lower margins of the letter not touching the text.
Despairing over the stinging defeat befalling France, the painter takes refuge in work: "Je continue à travailler parce que c'est ma raison d'être, mais avec plus ou moins d'entrain" (I continue to work because it is my reason for being, but with more or less enthusiasm).
Marcel Gromaire is terrified by the corollaries of the French defeat before the armies of the Third Reich: "C'est...

First edition printed in 200 numbered copies.
Preface by Christian Funck-Brentano.
Light foxing to the title page, some stains to the silk chemise with flaps decorated with African motifs.
Work illustrated with 10 drawings by Eliane Jalabert-Edon presented under mats.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, a good and rare copy.