"... mon concours est tout acquis au travail de M. Bellery Desfontaines dont le talent m'est connu de longue date..."

Autograph letter dated and signed by Eugène Grasset addressed to an unknown recipient, 15 lines written in black ink, monogram and address of the painter at the head.
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As a jury member Eugène Grasset will support the work of painter Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines in a competition in which he is participating: "Croyez que mon concours est tout acquis au travail de M. Bellery Desfontaines dont le talent m'est connu de longue date, et que je ferai tous mes efforts pour le faire placer au rang qu'il mérite..." ("Believe that my support is entirely committed to the work of M. Bellery Desfontaines whose talent I have known for a long time, and that I will make every effort to have him placed at the rank he deserves...") even though he will not be the sole judge: "moi trente-huitième influence en le jury trop nombreux..." ("me, thirty-eighth influence in the overly numerous jury...")