Untranslated ALS in French, penned on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, postmarked in September 1905, addressed to his friend, the French poet and essayist Léon-Paul Fargue. In very good condition, with overall soiling, light brushing to the ink, an area of edge loss, and a central vertical fold, reinforced with old tape on the reverse. Accompanied by an unrelated mailing envelope, addressed in Ravel's own hand to "Harrie W. Johnston" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, postmarked in 1912. A member of the Apaches and a lifelong friend of Ravel, Fargue (1876-1947) published a book of recollections about Ravel, and one of his poems, Rêves, was set to music by Ravel in 1927. From the collection of Stephen Adamson.
