BIB_ID
193583
Accession number
MA 4716.1
Creator
Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
[1880].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) : pen and brown ink, and watercolor on wove paper ; 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Notes
Marguerite accepted the invitation issued in this letter, and during her visit Manet painted "Mlle Marguerite in the Garden at Bellevue," which is in the collection of the E.G. Bührle Foundation in Zurich.
Medium: pen and brown ink, and watercolor on wove paper.
On the advice of his doctor, Manet spent the summer and fall of 1880 convalescing at Bellevue, outside Paris. He wrote to friends and family, illustrating about forty of his letters with watercolor sketches. This is one of two illustrated letters in the Morgan's collection written to Mlle Marguerite, the younger sister of his friend Mme Jules Guillemet; the other letter is accessioned as MA 4716.2 and is separately cataloged.
With a watercolor illustration of flowers and a bee.
Medium: pen and brown ink, and watercolor on wove paper.
On the advice of his doctor, Manet spent the summer and fall of 1880 convalescing at Bellevue, outside Paris. He wrote to friends and family, illustrating about forty of his letters with watercolor sketches. This is one of two illustrated letters in the Morgan's collection written to Mlle Marguerite, the younger sister of his friend Mme Jules Guillemet; the other letter is accessioned as MA 4716.2 and is separately cataloged.
With a watercolor illustration of flowers and a bee.
Provenance
Conrad Kellen.
Summary
Inviting her for a visit to the country, suggesting that she bring "the light-colored summer dress you told me about, and if you have a pretty garden hat don't leave it behind."
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