PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A.L.S., Picasso, to the recto of a plain light bluish mottled correspondence card, n.p., n.d. (annotated 2nd December 1938 to the upper left corner in another hand), to [Max Pellequer] (´Mon cher ami´), in French. Picasso writes, in full, ´Voici encore quelque chose. Je aurais voulu vous voir mais je n´ai pas le temps ce matin. Bonne chose et à bientôt´ (Translation: ´Here's something else. I would have liked to see you, but I don't have time this morning. All the best, and see you soon´). A couple of small, minor ink smudges and a light vertical crease to the right edge, otherwise VG

Max Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.