Maurice DENIS (1870-1943). Manuscript autograph signed, Renoir, and 5 L.A.S., 1892-1943; 9 pages petit in-4, and 5 pages and quarter various sizes, one address. Renoir, article published in La Vie of February 1, 1920 under the title "La Mort de Renoir", and reprinted in 1922 in Nouvelles théories, sur l'art moderne, sur l'art sacré, 1914-1921. Tribute to Auguste Renoir (died December 3, 1919). Maurice Denis eulogizes the funeral oration of the parish priest of Cagnes, gives reflections and anecdotes about Renoir and Cézanne, and quoting Baudelaire, concludes in favour of an art where luxury, calm and voluptuousness reign: "I am for order. But I find that by dint of ordering polyhedra, pipes, headless women and noseless figures, one forgets a little too much the part of voluptuousness in painting. And the luxury, the richness of the profession! The calm: the continuity in the effort. And above all, voluptuousness. This is what Renoir teaches "... April 18 [1892], to the publisher-librarian Léon Vanier. "You neglected to acknowledge receipt of my drawings. I am anxious to know if you are still thinking about them, and what you want to do with them..."... June 20, 1917. "By the time you have signed and cleaned the painting [...], had it wrapped, and your friend Mr. Frizeau will soon have received his Communiantes. I too am very glad that you have decided Mr. Fri zeau ".... To Marius Leblond. October 15 [1927], On his return from America he learned of the death of Paul Sérusier on October 6 in Morlaix. "No one, I am told, reported in the press the premature end of this great artist with whom I was bound, as you know, by a friendship of thirty years. You liked him; you knew the value of his ideas and his talent. You will say what needs to be said "... Perros-Guirec, September 3, 1937, on the subject of the Exhibition of French Art: "it is necessary to take sides for reason and for France"... Saint-Germain 4 January 1943. "We are living in materi