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LÉGER, FERNAND. Autograph Note Signed, twice "FLeger," on a printed announcement for the first public exhibition of his mural, Composition with Two Parrots, at the Museum of Modern Art beginning December 27, 1940. The note, to an unnamed recipient, remembering an occasion at her college, asking her to convey that he expects to visit W. Kocher and a professor of mathematics about a proposed project, and, in a postscript, asking that she convey to Helene his sorrow that he cannot communicate with the Prisoners of War Service. Written on the blank verso of announcement, signed once after the note, and again on the announcement side at bottom right. 1 page, oblong 8vo; creases at center and upper right, minor scattered soiling. (MRS) Np, circa January 1941
". . . I keep a charming memory of your beautiful college and of the few days that I spent there. Tell W. Kocher and the professor of mathematics (whose name I don't know how to spell) that I hope to go see them. I can't yet finalize the thing, but it's a project that pleases me a lot (the one we spoke of)." At upper left is written a street address in holograph, "328E 42ST." In early January of 1941, Léger lived and worked at 328 East 42nd Street in New York City, where he shared the studio with photographer Herbert Matter.
