◊ Exceptional letter from Pablo Picasso to his friend Max Jacob, testament to the priviledged links between the two men. Pablo Picasso an

Exceptional letter from Pablo Picasso to his friend Max Jacob, testament to the priviledged links between the two men.
Pablo Picasso and Max Jacob met in Paris in 1901, sharing a room there.
Max Jacob would go on to become Picasso's first supporter, and both lived through the adventure of the Bateau Lavoir.
Four extraordinary drawings accompany the letter, including a study for hands, a woman with arms extended, an embracing couple who served as a study for the paintings "Repas frugal" and "Pauvre couple dans un café".
"If I can work here I'll stay but if I see that I cannot do anything I'll get the hell out for Paris", Picasso wrote his friend in a delightful mixture of languages.
"This drawing I'm sending you in the first page is a sketch for paintings I made, he explains, before asking: "You will write often, no ? Farewell mi old Max.
Kisses. Your brother Picasso".
Ink on paper
Signed, dated 1903 and located in Barcelona
18 x 24 cm
2142/6
Exhibition : Quimper, Musée des Beaux Arts de Quimper, September 2014
Bibliography : H. Seckel-Klein, E Chevriere, Max Jacob et Picasso, catalogue d'exposition, Musee des Beaux Arts de Quimper, 1994, illustrated p. 18-19