Sir, - As one of his numberless friends, allow me at this sad moment to salute Derek, whom we all honour as a very exceptional artist within the traditions of the art of painting.
My thoughts return to our first meeting in the early 1940s, when he spontaneously lent me his cottage-studio in Achill. I still recall the devoted affection in which he was held in all the neighbouring cottages. - Yours, etc.,
Louis Le Brocquy, Dublin. Dublin 6W.