MIKHAIL LARIONOV (1881-1964) Vase of flowers

pencil on an invitation card (to a Roger Nickalls exhibition in 1929 with 'Larionow' stamp) signed with a monogram 'M.L.' (upper left) 12.9 x 10 cm accompanied by a letter from Alexandra Tomilina -Larionova (1900 (?) -1987), second wife of Mikhail Larionov, to Michel Hoog who helped her to transfer some of Larionov's works to the Musée National d'Art Moderne: ‘Dear Mr Hoog, Here is what I almost threw into your box in bulk among the other invitations. I hope you will accept it as a New Year's gift with my best wishes for happiness, joy, health and prosperity, which I would ask you to pass on to Madame Hoog. Would you have a free afternoon to spare so that we can make an initial selection of the drawings to be presented to Mr Cassou for the Musée d'Art Moderne... See you soon, I hope, A. Larionov'. letter 19 x 10 cm, in French, 4 pages, envelope 11.5 x 14.5 cm, Paris, 1966