VILLON (Gaston Émile Duchamp dit Jacques). - Lot 228

VILLON (Gaston Émile Duchamp dit Jacques). Born in Damville. 1875-1963. Painter and engraver. 2 L.A.S. "Jacques Villon" to Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, director of XXe siècle magazine. S.l., March 28, 1957 and September 15, 1959. 1/2 page and 3/4 page in-8. Villon address ...Enclosed are the five lines you asked me to write. I apologize for the delay, I've been very tired... He acknowledges receipt of a check for ...one hundred and fifty thousand francs, representing the proofs plus the official print run of the lithograph published in n°12 May-June of XXe siècle...Marcel Duchamp's older brother, Villon was first influenced by the painting of Degas and Lautrec. He later participates in the Fauvist and Cubist movements and is one of the founders of the Groupe de Puteaux. San Lazzaro launched his illustrated magazine XXe siècle in 1938. He called on contemporary painters to include genuine original prints, notably by Kandinsky, Hans Arp, Chirico, Miro, etc., making this one of the most important art magazines alongside Albert Skira's Minotaure.