[Paul GAUGUIN]. George Daniel de monfreid (1856-1929) painter, friend of Gauguin. L.A.S. (incomplete from the beginning), [after 1903, to Mrs. Paul Gauguin, née Sophie Gad] ; 3 pages in-8. He encouraged him with regard to his son Jean Gauguin, who went into business: "There is nothing to say that he follows in the footsteps of his father, whose temperament he may have, but whose education he did not receive. ... he cannot have the same mentality. If he takes after his father, he may well excel in business and be happy in it.... Life should be thought of in terms of the unexpected, not disappointment, and yet "your sorrows find an echo in us....