Marie LAURENCIN (1883-1956). L.A.S., July 25, 1953, to a friend; 2 pages and a quarter in-12. On her lawsuit to recover the apartment from which she was evicted. [Evicted in 1944 from her apartment deemed too large for two people, she found refuge with Count Étienne de Beaumont until, in March 1955, after interminable legal proceedings, she won her case and was finally able to return home, where she died the following year]. "President Legendre sided with the adversaries - despite the fictitious exchange of Mme Moins the tenant to whom I rented in 1945. What's more, he denies the eviction of the Comte de Beaumont, who is within his rights since I have been sheltered since 1944. I believe that Frédéric-Dupont will launch an assault in the autumn. [...] I'm going to see Louise Hervieu with a friend in a car, and another will lend me hers to scout the countryside [...] My request has not been rejected, but I have to appeal - the opponents are gaining time and time, whatever they want"...