André MASSON (1896-1987) 16 autograph letters signed, 3 of which with envelopes, 1949-1970 to Jean Leymarie; 17 pages in various formats. 3 envelopes are enclosed. Aix-en-Provence September 15, 1949: "Dear friend, In summer I received your map of Belle-Isle (...) I know the nooks and crannies, caves and reefs (...) that I like very much! the wild coast. I have been working on my drawings and pastels there only ... "Aix-en-Provence, September 26, 1949: "Dear friend, Thank you three times: for Derain, for the colors, for your letter. Your essay on Derain is quite remarkable (...) Max Jacob, who only knew of me when I met him in 1922, wrote to me on a postcard: 'you will be the Butcher of our time' - the funny thing is that I have seen the world in the meantime as a ... butchery rather, isn't it? "Aix-en-Provence, February 7, 1950: "I have abandoned a large part of the means I used for many years: graphics separated from color, etc. - It is now a matter of finding a skin for painting and everything that is drawing in painting is obviously a nonsense... "Le Tholonet, January 14, 1952: "Dear Jean, Happy to have news from you Americans. How curious: Art News, the New York magazine, is due to publish in the next few days a set of notes I took during my four visits to the Redon Exhibition! (...) his colors amazed Cézanne, the Nabis, Matisse ... "etc. Folds, stains and tears.