{"title":"Alberto Magnelli","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-magnelli-mentionne-jean-arp","title":"Autograph letter signed, Magnelli mentions Jean Arp","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"299\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"299\"\u003eMAGNELLI, Alberto (1888–1971), Autograph Letter Signed, La Ferrage, Plan-de-Grasse, 14 September 1949.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"321\"\u003eIn-8 (207 × 135 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"461\"\u003eInsightful letter in which \u003cstrong data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"398\"\u003eMagnelli discusses two contemporary projects\u003c\/strong\u003e and refers to his close friend and fellow artist \u003cstrong data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"460\"\u003eJean Arp\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"927\"\u003eHe thanks his correspondent for the letter, promises to resume discussions upon his return to Paris, and notes that \u003cstrong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"624\"\u003eJean Arp will soon be back in the capital\u003c\/strong\u003e, encouraging the recipient to visit him at his Meudon address. Magnelli urges him to \u003cstrong data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"775\"\u003ecoordinate with Arp regarding the planned book of lithographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. He also asks to have a good copy reserved of \u003cstrong data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"858\"\u003eJean Genet’s “L’Enfant criminel”\u003c\/strong\u003e, followed by the ballet \u003cem data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"898\"\u003eMadame Miroir\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Paul Morihien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1563\"\u003eThe letter is significant in the context of the wartime and postwar artistic milieu. Magnelli had met \u003cstrong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1043\"\u003eJean Arp\u003c\/strong\u003e in Grasse during the Second World War, where, together with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1126\"\u003eSophie Taeuber-Arp\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1146\"\u003eSonia Delaunay\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1170\"\u003eFerdinand Springer\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1195\"\u003eFrançois Stahly\u003c\/strong\u003e, they formed what became known as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1254\"\u003eGroupe de Grasse\u003c\/strong\u003e. The “book of lithographs” mentioned here very likely refers to the collaborative volume published the following year, in 1950, by the Éditions des Nourritures Terrestres, featuring original colour lithographs by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1512\"\u003eArp, Delaunay, Magnelli, and Taeuber-Arp\u003c\/strong\u003e (the latter printed with her facsimile signature).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1697\"\u003e\"Cher ami,\u003cbr\u003eMerci de votre lettre.\u003cbr\u003eNous reparlerons de tout à ma rentrée à Paris.\u003cbr\u003eJean Arp sera de nouveau à Paris bientôt. Tachez de le voir. 21, rue des chataigniers, Val Fleury Meudon (S. et O.).\u003cbr\u003eMettez-vous d'accord avec lui pour le livre de lithos.\u003cbr\u003eVoulez-vous me retenir un \"bon\" volume de Jean Genet \"l'Enfant criminel\" suivi d'un ballet \" 'adame miroir\", Paul Morihien ed. ? - Merci. Bien des choses\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534100476229,"sku":"0694","price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4776_jpg.jpg?v=1764719087"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/auteur-alberto-magnelli.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}