"...nous aurons le plaisir de vous voir de nouveau à Paris où nous désirons vivement pouvoir continuer notre amitié..."

Autograph letter dated and signed by Antoni Tàpies addressed to his close friend, art critic Georges Raillard, the greatest French specialist of his work (16 lines in blue ballpoint pen from Barcelona).
Fold marks inherent to the letter's mailing, envelope included.
Having directed the French Institute of Barcelona from 1964 to 1969, Georges Raillard befriended and collaborated with numerous Spanish and Catalan artists including Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, whose biographies he would also write.
The Catalan artist regrets not being able to participate in the farewell dinner organized by his friends Georges and Alice Raillard but does not despair of seeing them again soon in order to maintain their friendship: "En réalité c'est pour vous dire un simple au revoir car nous espérons que bientôt nous aurons le plaisir de vous voir de nouveau à Paris où nous désirons vivement pouvoir continuer notre amitié..." ["In reality it is to say a simple goodbye as we hope that soon we will have the pleasure of seeing you again in Paris where we keenly wish to be able to continue our friendship..."]