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Lot 101

JOHN (AUGUSTUS)
Autograph letter signed ("John"), [to his fellow artist William Orpen], describing his stay at Le Puy-en-Velay, France, with his Slade contemporary, Michel Salaman, [Le Puy-en-Velay, late summer 1900], with large full-length self-caricature

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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JOHN (AUGUSTUS)

Autograph letter signed ("John"), [to his fellow artist William Orpen], describing his stay at Le Puy-en-Velay, France, with his Slade contemporary, Michel Salaman ("...We each have our particular place of worship/ Michel naturally at S. Michel & I equally naturally at Notre Dame du Puy – which is surmounted by an iron Virgin (!) (you can get inside her by paying the attendant pimp 2 sous)..."), where they have been joined by Alice and Will Rothenstein, 2 pages, paper watermarked 'Indiana Mill Extra Strong', written in pencil, perforated edge, some old marks (or paint-splashes), some wear to upper fold, 4to (345 x 245mm.), [Le Puy-en-Velay, late summer 1900]

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ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE FULL-LENGTH SELF-CARICATURE, shewing him slouching in bohemian attire, with a dapper bowler-hatted Salaman walking beside him and Mont St-Michel beyond. John had joined Salaman at Le Puy in early August 1900 with, as our letter states, the intention of staying three months.

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