MAGRITTE (René). Autograph letter signed to the... Lot 39

MAGRITTE (René). Autograph letter signed to the writer Marcel Béalu. Brussels, September 4, 1955. 1 p. in-folio; enclosed, an envelope with autograph mention signed from the same to the same. " ... I have ordered a supply of monographs by SCUTENAIRE [probably the book René Magritte published in Antwerp by de Sikkel by the Belgian surrealist writer Louis Scuténaire]. (As there are copies translated into Flemish, I thought of asking for the monographs in French in order to send you some of them). I hope that you have received the small deposit of CARTES D'APRES NATURE no. 9 [René Magritte was the editor of the magazine La Carte d'après nature which he founded in 1952]. For the following ones, could you take care of distributing them to the bookshops in France ?... My current problem is that of the simultaneous existence of water and stones. HUGO'S VERSE : "OCEAN DESERT OF STONE", HAS NOTHING MYSTERIOUS FOR ME ANYMORE, THE MYSTERY IS THAT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT STONES CAN BE IN WATER, WITHOUT WHAT MAKES THESE DIFFERENT EXISTENCES POSSIBLE, BEING KNOWN... " It also deals with a question of banking procedure to receive a payment from Marcel Béalu.