René CHAR (1907-1988). L.A.S., [L'Isle-sur-Sorgue] March 3, 1981, to M. Chaudezon, in Pernes (Vaucluse); 2 pages oblong in-8, envelope. Enclosed is the exhibition catalogue René Char: manuscripts illuminated by 20th century painters (Bibliothèque Nationale, 1980). He apologizes for his silence: "Twice I was annoyed to postpone the word I wanted to say to you. It was first and foremost: difficulties in my health [...]. Then difficulties of another kind to obtain the possibility of buying your beautiful house, on the bar where it was placed. Your understanding, your affability, your letter to Mr. Lapeyre expressing them - touched me infinitely. I must renounce "...