Pierre MILLE (1864-1941). Autograph manuscript signed, En passant. Le buste; 12 1/2 pages in-4 (on the back of the last page, stamped Collection F.H. Monge). An interesting L.A.S. to Louis Deffoux in L'Œuvre, January 10, 1926, is enclosed. Amusing chronicle of the visit to the Salon des Indépendants, on the 1st floor of the Grand Palais, above the Salon du caoutchouc: "the painters were not happy with this neighborhood [...]. I can't understand their bad mood. I'm a man of letters, and under my feet there's a shirtmaker selling shirts. I don't think I'm dishonored for that"... He is amused by the fact that in sculpture, works resemble models less and less: "now that we're getting used to stylized or caricatured busts, which can resemble anyone, or resemble no one at all, it's likely that bequests to the State will be much less frequent. It would be a good thing for the fine arts administration to be made aware of this"... Etc. Attached is an interesting L.A.S. to Louis Deffoux in L'Œuvre, January 10, 1926 (3 p. in-4, envelope): "No matter how much I metagrabolize my brain to find something to say about Christine and him, it remains as dry as the United States"... Etc.