ALS in French, signed “H-T-Lautrec,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Letter to friend and fellow artist Francois Gauzi, explaining a mix-up regarding a telegram and inquiring about an exhibition and news from Toulouse. He concludes, in part (translated): "I am preparing to clear off…I've almost found a place for all my turnips at this point. Which means—you'll be surprised—that I haven't wasted my time. I'm feeling blue about it." In fine condition, with a scuffed area to the right of the signature, apparently some kind of erasure. It was the artist's habit to occasionally refer to his paintings as 'navets'—turnips—a term today used by the French to describe a poor movie.
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