TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE (1864-1901). - Lot 257

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TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE (1864-1901). - Lot 257
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE (1864-1901). 2 L.A.S. "yours H.", [Paris October 1892], to HER MOTHER, Countess Adèle de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC; 4 pages in-8 each, the 2nd in blue pencil. On his aunt Cécile Pascal. [Toulouse-Lautrec has installed his ruined aunt in the Convent of the Blessed Sacrament, 22 rue de Naples]. October 19. "My dear Mother, Your presence in Paris is urgent. Your intentions are pure but the result is negative. My aunt has been refused hot water after six o'clock in the morning, and wood for heating, as the wood is not included in the board and must be paid for separately. Also the food is unclean and the place is like a barracks. Either you have not explained yourself well with the administration, or there is something better to do, and, in spite of all my aunt's good will, it is impossible to leave her in this asylum which, in spite of its appearances, does not offer even the most elementary comfort. You must come and arrange it yourself, and I cannot do that. There are a lot of things which a person of my kind cannot control. I am counting on you for next week, and I send you my love"... [October]. "My dear Mother, I understand your panic, and unfortunately there is little hope. If poor Auntie [Armandine d'Alichoux de Sénégra, †1893] gets through this adventure overworked as she is she will be able to thank St. Michael. I suppose that you have not yet received my letter in which I drew up a balance sheet of the expenses to be made for my aunt Cécile, whose situation takes a back seat given the regrettable by-product of Tata's illness." He paid 70 F, "plus 100 F that I need to clear away the wreckage of Respide, linen and winter effects of my aunt - which are on hold at the station. I'm sorry to insist, but it's urgent, and unless we can get her all dressed up again, we'll have to go through this. I am sorry that your arrival in Paris is postponed until the Greek calendar and I beg you to take care of yourself so that you do not fall ill in your turn... Correspondence (ed. Herbert Schimmel, 1992), nos. 251 and 253, pp. 206-208.
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