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Jacques Lipchitz, recipient: Pierre-Olivier Dubaut

Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut

7 June 1940

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Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Recipient
Pierre-Olivier Dubaut 1886 – 1968
Date
7 June 1940
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Created by
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Recipient
Pierre-Olivier Dubaut 1886 – 1968
Title
Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut
Date
7 June 1940
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Rubin Lipchitz, March 1989; the cataloguing and selective digitisation of this archive collection was supported by Mr Timm Bergold, 2023
Reference
TGA 897/1/1/142/35

Description

Full text in translation:

'My dear friend,
I just received your address from Royan and I hurry to write you mine back.
We left Paris on Monday morning at 7am and we arrived here the day before yesterday at 1pm.
It's our friends, the Chareau, who are more or less from there, who brought us with them and barely avoided our accident the other day. I've only managed to take my box of drawings and some small paintings, almost no bags, we will have to see where all of this goes but for the moment, we are good. I would like to hear better news from you as these successive fatigues can?t be good for your health.
Now that you are settled, think of nothing else but to get better, Royan is a dream place for that. As for myself, I will be doing the same in my little corner, I must admit that I?m not in the best shape.
Remind me of good memories from your family and send them my love.
Your J.Lipchitz'.

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  • Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
    • Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
      • Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1 (183)
        • Correspondence between Pierre Dubaut and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/142 (40)
          • Letter from Jacques Lipchitz to Pierre Dubaut TGA 897/1/1/142/35
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