Gérard PHILIPE. L.A.S., [Kufstein (Austria)] September 2, 1952, to Mme Olga Choumansky; 1 1/2 pages in-8, stamped envelope. He has forwarded her request to Jean Vilar, who has asked him to tell her that "his team has already been put together for the near future. It's not certain, moreover, that he will mount the Tolstoy of which he had been spoken. However, I hope one day to have the opportunity to work with you"... [Olga Choumansky (1896-1971), a painter, was the wife of the actor Xavier de Courville]. Attached is a signed photograph, a half-body shot by Raymond Voinquel, dedicated: "Pour Monsieur Johannes S. Martens Gérard Philipe" (18x12.5cm).