Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 14 lines written in blue ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze, notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession, also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques regarding him.
"Cher ami,
envoyez-moi, je vous en prie, comme nous en sommes convenus, le schéma de ma donation au Petit-Palais, de ma grande statuette par TroubetzKoÿ, et du portrait, par Arthur Chaplin, de Mademoiselle Ehrmann, artiste lorraine élève d'Hébert, morte en 1918, ayant légué le portrait par elle, de sa mère, au Musée de Nancy, et dont le portrait, pareillement dû à son pinceau, de Mademoiselle Favart, figure au Foyer de la Comédie Française. Vous me ferez aussi grand plaisir en m'adressant votre bel article sur d'Annunzio, et, si vous la retrouvez, la note des journaux sur mon don à la Bibliothèque de Versailles. Cher ami, j'ai été heureux de vous revoir. RMontesquiou. 11 oct 1921." ["Dear friend, please send me, as we agreed, the outline of my donation to the Petit-Palais, of my large statuette by TroubetzKoÿ, and of the portrait, by Arthur Chaplin, of Mademoiselle Ehrmann, Lorraine artist and student of Hébert, who died in 1918, having bequeathed the portrait she painted of her mother to the Museum of Nancy, and whose portrait, similarly by her brush, of Mademoiselle Favart, is displayed in the Foyer of the Comédie Française. You would also give me great pleasure by sending me your beautiful article on d'Annunzio, and, if you find it, the newspaper note about my gift to the Library of Versailles. Dear friend, I was happy to see you again. RMontesquiou. 11 Oct 1921."]
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