Léon LHERMITTE signed autograph letter a pastel and not a painting

  

The letter is addressed to a certain Mr. His pastel is at the disposal of his correspondent for an exhibition at the Petit-Palais.

He can have it picked up in exchange for a receipt. Léon Lhermitte asks him to give the bearer of the painting "the most explicit recommendations regarding the extreme precautions to be taken for its transport." "I repeat, this is not a painting but a pastel.