Max JACOB. 1876-1944. Painter and writer-poet, friend of Apo - Lot 64

Max JACOB. 1876-1944. Painter and writer-poet, friend of Apollinaire, Picasso, Cocteau, Marie Laurencin, Modigliani, Salmon and others. Precursor of the Dada movement and Surrealism, he coined the term Cubism; marked by mysticism after his conversion. L.A.S. "max" to Lucien Kra. St-Benoit-sur-Loire, April 12, 1923. 1 pp. two-sheet small in-4. Letter full of affection for the son of his publisher, Max Jacob, addressing him his latest manuscript and evoking his collaboration on the anthology of new French poetry, with Soupault, Pierre-Quint, Francis Gérard, evoking Leiris. (...) The first draft of the novel is finished. I haven't forgotten that I promised you this manuscript without erasures, which will be admired for centuries, that it will be found with the tiara of Saïtapharnis, without the pyramid of the Ammonites in Argenteuil. I'm going to tell you a good story today, even if it's not on the wire! (...). He adds in p.s. that he awaits a word from Pierre-Quint; (...) our regards to young King David, c.à.d. Francis Gérard and to the elegant Soupault, my friend. Please note the birth of the poet Michel Leiris (...).