14 L. S. (one in his name, by his secretary), including one L. A. S. and 2 partly autographs, Portman Square [London], Marienbad and Peking 1931-1939, to Auguste Bréal; 31 pages in-4, qqs headings; in English. References to posing sessions and commissions (including royal portraits) ... Declaration of the supreme excellence of the portrait ... Remarks on new painting techniques (recipe for an oily cream made like mayonnaise) ... Notice of his marriage and the good sale of his paintings (without the crash, he would have made a lot of money) ... About the portrait of the Marquise de la Solana by Goya ... He tires a lot and paints very badly, very slowly, and yet he likes the damn exercise... Travels abroad... As ridiculous as it sounds, he became a distinguished portraitist, promoted by the early deaths of Orpen and Sargent... Prodromes of War... We meet the names of Somerset Maugham, Maurice Baring, Roger Fry, Jacques Maroger, Philippe Berthelot, etc...
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