STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American Novelist, Poet and art Collector. Stein moved to Paris in 1903 ...

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American Novelist, Poet and art Collector. Stein moved to Paris in 1903 where she lived for the remainder of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Picasso, Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald and Matisse would meet. A.L.S., `Gtrde Stein´, two pages, 4to, Paris, n.d. [1938], on her personal printed stationery, Rue de Fleurus, Paris, to Billie Young. Stein crosses out her Parisian printed address and annotates beneath the new one `5 rue Christine´. In her usual difficult to decipher hand, Stein sends a friendly message, stating in part `Your letter touched me very much… send me more newspapers with your column in it, I would like to have them, I always like..´ further referring to her change of address ´.. after over 3 years in one place, here we are in another..´ With a Charles Skipper & East London watermark. Light ink. Overall minor age wear. G £800-1200