Bidspirit auction | STEINLEN THEOPHILE: (1859-1923)

STEINLEN THEOPHILE: (1859-1923) - STEINLEN THEOPHILE: (1859-1923) Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. A.L.S., Steinlen , one page (folding letter card stationery), slim 8vo, Rue Caulaincourt, Paris, n.d. ( ´Dimanche´ ; 6th August 1922), to Jean des Vallieres, in French. Steinlen writes, in full, ´C´est pas la veine - nous courrons nous l´un apres l´autre longtemps encore? 2 fois vous etes venu Rue Carel. 2 fois vous ne m´avez trouver. Hier apres midi j´ai passe a la Revue Francaise pas de Jean Ravennes. Voulez-vous que je vous fasse parvenir chez vous - si vous y etes - le petit paquet?´ (Translation: ´Just my luck - are we going to be chasing each other for much longer? Twice you've been to Rue Carel. Twice you haven't found me. Yesterday afternoon I went to the Revue Francaise, no Jean Ravennes. Would you like me to send the little package to your home - if you are there?´ ). Hand addressed by Steinlen to the verso. Two straight red crayon lines encase Steinlen´s signature. VG Jean des Vallieres (1895-1970) French soldier, writer and screenwriter who published works under the name Jean Ravennes.