Edy LEGRAND (1892-1970) painter and illustrator. 54 L.A.S., 1951-1970, to Jean Collin (with a few minutes of reply); about 120 pages in various formats, many with his letterhead or Les Éditions du trente-cinquième parallèle, some illustrated with photos of his works, many envelopes. An exhibition catalogue is attached, and some L.A.S. of his wife Myriam. Nice correspondence to an admirer and client, who quickly became a friend and confidant. The letters are written from Rabat, Assa (confines of Mauritania), Ifrane (High Atlas), Goulimine (Morocco), then from Paris, Lourmarin (Vaucluse) or New York ... It opens with an answer to a request for drawings; Legrand then finishes the illustration of Malraux' novels: "I'm far from the Bible, but, almost always, in the East all the same - as here - and the confrontation of East-West antinomies is studied in a striking and highly topical way! For the problem of the East as a whole is all the more burning as the West's thinking is more defective, and can bite less. It is our absence there in spirit, not in guns or machines! - which is the cause of the present drama" (April 18, 1951)... He made drawings of North Africa for the Odé publishing house, travelled to the south of Morocco, found himself very busy with "a little Lafayette for America, after that deserted Arabia of Daughty", and planned a working trip to Greece... His vows in 1953 are illustrated with a picture of himself, palette in hand and camel on his feet... He evokes abandoned exhibition projects, the loss of his workshops, health problems, his copyright infringements... "France and the world are suffering, and the time of artists, disinterested and pursuing their ideas in silence, is over" (22 May 1954)... Complaints about the Bible published by Maurice Robert... Comments on Morocco's affairs... He received an order from the Moroccan government, then announced, on December 24, 1956, his departure from the country: he took refuge in Vaucl