Autograph Letter Signed ("Joseph Pennell") to Léonce Bénédite [French art historian, curator, and co-founder of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (1859-1925)]

£150 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Signed

Soliciting help in identifying French etchers, pastellists and water colour painters worthy to be invited to send work to a forthcoming exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, to be held “from 15 Feb to 31st March” (1906): “I want to get a good show and I know you can help me, will you pardon my asking you?” Somewhat dusty and frayed, with closed tears along the folds.

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