LÉONARD TSUGOUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) Autograph letter signed to a friend

Lot 933
500600
N.p., 5 December 1957. 3/4 p. in-folio, embossed letterhead with his Paris address “FOUJITA / 23 RUE CAMPAGNE PREMIERE / PARIS XIVe - DAN. 65-91”. In French. “I have received your letter and your preface, and I do not know how to thank you. I am confu[sed] and very touched by your kind offer of such a valuable original manuscript. You have really worked very hard on my subject and you have written such a perfect and beautiful preface, and I have great pleasure in knowing that you still have such deep friendship and sympathy towards me. I came [to see you] to express my gratitude and I want you to accept this modest drawing as a token of my deep appreciation. Thank you, thank you. My respectful homage and my faithful friendship...”