(France/NY/CA), (n.p.), 1987-1992. Thirteen pieces of correspondence (five autograph letters signed, seven typed letters signed, one autograph note signed), and one 7-page typescript, all sent from Roditi to an editor at Art & Antiques magazine over the years 1987-1992. Roditi, a Jewish, American, homosexual, poet, translator, and Surrealist author born in France, was also well-known for his interviews with modernist artists. The correspondence here begins with a reference to an article he has submitted to A&A on Paris' Camondo Museum, and talks of research he's done on 19th century American artists and of having recently seen proofs of a book of his on the topic. The second letter (written from his post at Bard College) discusses the illustrations he'll need for his proposed article on the Russian Romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky's visit to America, and suggests articles on Brussel's Horta Museum and on the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi. Roditi's 7-page untitled typescript (signed in type, with holograph corrections, and several penciled editorial comments) about his interactions with Morandi 30 years prior, is included here. Subsequent letters discuss meeting with the recipient in New York City; the need for minor surgery, which will send him to convalesce in California; Bedford Press bringing some of his writings back into print; cataracts; aging (turning 80, and then, in a later letter, 81, a period that saw four or five of his books being published); a Breton show in Paris; a Chagall show near Lausanne; his increasing disability; and lastly, less than four months before his death, final queries about his still-unpublished Aivazovsky article and a proposed article on Andre Breton. All pieces are generally in fine condition, but for mailing folds. Envelopes are included. [#035614] SOLD