DLA106-0141 Transcription

MUSÉE NATIONAL

LUXEMBOURG

9 mai [19]23

Dear Mr de Laszlo,

My father received your letter this morning & wanted me to answer at once as he is so busy today. The exhibition of belgian art which he has organized in the Jeu de Paume is to open next friday & he is working awfully hard till that day.^[1]

Of course the beautiful portrait which

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you painted of him [110437] will be quite ready to be sent to London, when the shipping agency comes to take it on the 15th.

As for his name on the catalogue, he says it may be put Léonce Bénédite, conservateur du Musée du Luxembourg & du

Musée Rodin, Paris — if it pleases you.^[2]

I’m afraid it will not be possible for him to go to London while your exhibition will be held, & he will regret it deeply, but we will

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all be so glad to see you when you come to Paris next month. We expected your arrival all these last weeks.

With our best greetings to Mrs de Laszlo & yourself

Very sincerely

Rosa Bénédite

SMDL

09/02/2023

[1] Musée du jeu de paume, Paris, Exposition de l’art belge, ancien et moderne, 11 May–10 July 1923

[2] The French Gallery, London, A Series of Portraits and Studies by Philip A. de Laszlo, M.V.O., June 1923. Bénédite’s portrait was exhibited as no. 55 in the catalogue, see DLA106-0175.