Bakst gives his opinion on works which have not been accepted for the Independents. According to him, Chagall chose subjects that did not fit with the "law on public decency", which gives the same recommendations in Russia, France or China. He no longer wishes to continue his correspondence with Chagall.
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Léon BAKST, Letter from Léon Bakst (Paris), February 1912 © Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris