Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Thursday" [after 1957 July 31].

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Thursday" [after 1957 July 31].

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Thanking him for his sympathy regarding "what I am having to put up with from the papers;" enclosing two poems: one by Mr. Alvarez ("The Catharsis," MA 3847.31) and one that she wrote a few days previously, noting it is the first one she has written in two years; regretting that she must decline an invitation for Saturday because she has been feeling ill and hoping to see them before they travel abroad; noting that "Baby Beryl" is overcome with grief at Pavel's death, remarking that she only met the artist twice; mentioning Colette's upcoming marriage; noting that she has a new secretary.

1 item (5 p.) ; 17.4 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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