IWILL (pen name of Marie-Joseph Léon Clavel, 1850–1923), Fre - Lot 131

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IWILL (pen name of Marie-Joseph Léon Clavel, 1850–1923), Fre - Lot 131
IWILL (pen name of Marie-Joseph Léon Clavel, 1850–1923), French landscape painter. Set of 2 signed autograph letters and a sheet of original sketches. - Addressed to “Dear Sir.” Paris, December 13, [19]09. ½ page, in-12 format. (Slight crease where folded in half.) Having just learned that the committee of the “Orientalists” had accepted his candidacy “thanks to the kind support of its eminent president,” the painter thanks the committee and, in particular, the recipient of this letter. - Addressed to “Dear Sir.” Paris, January 24, [19]11. ½ page, in-12 format. (Slight crease where folded in half). The painter accepts the recipient’s offer to send him invitations for the Orientalists [i.e., the exhibition of Orientalist painters]; he assures the recipient that he will send them only to people he trusts, “who will certainly go…”. - A single sheet measuring 13.5 x 21.5 cm, bearing the inscriptions “Plan - Iwill - Orientalists” and featuring 8 small original sketches based on the painter’s works; all are titled and depict views of Venice.
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