HANSI (Jean-Jacques Waltz dit). 1873-1951. Alsatian illustra - Lot 122

HANSI (Jean-Jacques Waltz dit). 1873-1951. Alsatian illustrator. Correspondence to Madame Mallet. 1911 and 1929-1937. 6 l.a.s. in-8 and in-4, and 4 l.s. in-8; on the letterhead of the Société des Amis des Arts de Strasbourg, at his address in Colmar & of the Direction des Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. 1911: Details and thanks on receipt of a painting and 2 albums for an exhibition in Strasbourg; replies to complaints after defective shipment of works and a watercolor. 1929: Thanks for an invitation. 1934: Having been delayed by "some urgent industrial orders", he promises to send his work on Mont St-Odile to M. Widor, and to dedicate it to him; he recommends Librairie Hartmann in Colmar. 1935: Thanks for sending a book; "(...) This album was written and the pictures drawn by authors who love children, who know how to talk to children without becoming "childish", and who will make them love animals and the forest... This is much rarer than one might think, and I am very happy to have it in my collection (...). On the autographed shipment of his album "Mon village", but he doesn't dare ask his publisher for an extra copy of "Mont St-Odile". Thanks for Nolhac's invitation to his Versailles exhibition; in June, he details his busy schedule for the French Tercentenary in Colmar (museum visit, July 14th distribution, procession, Italian exhibition, plus appointments with his publisher); he reports on his worrying state of health. 1937 Completing the catalog of paintings in the Strasbourg Museum, Hansi asks for clarification on the identification of a portrait. Enclosed correspondence recommending Hansi for the Prix de l'Académie française, including: letter and 2 minutes aut. from Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937, organist) asking to intervene with Nolhac, defending Hansi the defender of Alsace against the writer Paul Valéry; biographical note with a bibliography of Hansi's works; 2 l.a.s. from Pierre de NOLHAC (1859-1936), historian). (3 pp. in-12, Institut de France - Musée Jacquemar-André letterhead).