Bidspirit auction | [ART] - MATISSE Henri (1869

[ART] - MATISSE Henri (1869 - 1954) - Modernist Painter Writing amid the Turmoil of War - Autograph letter signed, dated “20/1/44” by the French painter. To a friend: “…Voici que je reçois à l’instant par le conservateur de M. de Grenoble…”.
A rare letter from the Second World War, written during Matisse’s self-exile in the South of France, testifying to the artist’s resilience in a time of darkness. 1 p. In-8. On checkered paper.