Madeleine Everaert’s Correspondence with Lucio Fontana

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Madeleine Everaert’s Correspondence with Lucio Fontana

  • Fontana to Madame Madeleine Everaert
    Milan, 24 March 1959 · From: Lucio Fontana · To: Madame Madeleine Everaert

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    Madame Madeleine Everaert,

    Forgive my French — I returned from Paris the other day. Thank you very much for your kind letter.

    I am sending you the little red stones for your painting; I hope they will work well.

    I am very happy to be part of your important collection. I hope to come to Brussels soon to make your acquaintance.

    Many thanks, and with the expression of my very best sentiments,

    Lucio Fontana
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  • Madame Everaert to Fontana
    Milan, 18 October 1959 · From: Madeleine Everaert (Brussels) · To: Monsieur L. Fontana, Milan · Two pages

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    Dear Sir,

    I was delighted by the opportunity I was given to visit you, and I took the greatest pleasure in seeing the paintings you were kind enough to show us.

    I was very happy to be able to leave carrying off the beautiful little painting that you had the kindness to give me. Thank you very much for it.

    For good order, I confirm my agreement regarding my acquisition of the work that we chose together and that you will kindly add to your shipment for Monsieur D…

    May I ask you to send me, duly signed, the certificates that you will find enclosed, once you have completed, dated and signed them — entering on them an export value out of Italy that is as low as possible.

    I am delighted to have a second work of yours, which will happily complete my little collection. I will keep the best memory of the pleasant welcome you were kind enough to give me during my stop in Milan, and in the hope of seeing you, no doubt soon, in Brussels,
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  • Madame Everaert to Fontana
    I beg you to accept, dear Sir, the expression of my very best sentiments.

    P.S. Would you kindly send all correspondence concerning my painting separately and directly to my address. Thank you in advance.

    [Signature] — addressed to: Monsieur L. Fontana, Milan, 18-10-59
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  • Fontana to Madame Everaert
    Milan, 19 October 1959 · From: Lucio Fontana · To: Madame Everaert

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    My very dear Madame,

    I received your very kind letter, and I am truly grateful for your words, so full of esteem and sympathy for me. I was very moved by your visit and that of Monsieur Dotremont, because it was the first time that collectors as knowledgeable and as important came to see my studio — so I keep a very pleasant memory of it.

    Next week, I will hand the paintings over to the Lis-Ambrosetti shipping house, which will arrange for transport by air.

    Thank you for inviting me to Brussels, where I intend to come before long. Please accept, my very dear Madame, my most sincere regards.

    Lucio Fontana
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