79/2133 [Art]. Sluijters, Jan (1881-1957). Lot of 3 AUTOGRAPH letters signed "Jan Sluijters" to "Madeleine" [Baekers-de Vlam] (2x) and Willy [Baekers] (1x), pen and ink, recto only, dated 1951/ 1952, unif. framed. - WITH a part of a large envelope addressed to Madeleine in the typical handwriting of the artist, unif. framed w. the above.

- One letter w. sm. tear in lower part.

= Three letters by Jan Sluijters concerning a portrait he is making of Madeleine Baekers-de Vlam, i.a. asking when she will pose for him and in the letter to her husband Willy asking about the shipment of the finished portrait. Madeleine de Vlam was a patron of the arts together with her husband Willy Baekers (director of the Eindhoven textile company Baekers & Raijmakers). Both Jan Sluijters and Bart van der Leck made an ex libris for Madeleine.