Autograph letter, signed “R Duchamp Villon” , to John Quinn, 15 Septmber 1915

by Raymond Duchamp Villon

$2,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Ink on paper, 4 pp. 8vo. Old folds. Fine. With autograph envelope, docketed on verso with Received stamp of John Quinn’s office 1 Oct 1915. Reid, The Man from New York, pp. 468-9; translation of this letter by Walter Pach is in the Quinn Collection, NYPL. Cf. Judith Zilczer, “Raymond Duchamp-Villon”, Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin 76:330 1980 , pp. 3-24. Provenance: John Quinn; his sister Julia Anderson; and by descent. Item #323092

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