Francis POULENC. L.A.S., La Lézardière, Nazelles [ca. 1925], to Nina Hamnett; 2 pages in-4. To his friend, the English painter Nina Hamnett (1890-1956), while working on a violin Sonata which will be abandoned. "Love of Nina, Here are at last the promised pictures. [...] I thank you for the "Gigues" which I like very much"... He saw the Rieti, who are "really nice [...] I am working a lot - I am writing a Sonata for piano and violin. I do hope that your rich and elegant Ladies will bring me to London next spring. I am writing to you from Touraine where I live with my Aunt Liénard. [...] I am happy to know that your work is going well. How much do you think the director of Apollo would give me for an article on Strawinsky (his last works)? Try to arrange it, you will be an angel...