BIB_ID
224022
Accession number
MA 3950.3:98
Creator
Duret, Théodore, 1838-1927, sender.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, 1868? July 20.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.7 x 13.4 cm
Notes
Probable year of writing from context and later pencil note on the letter.
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Provenance
From the collection of Adolphe Tabarant (1863-1950); by descent to his daughter Lucienne Tabarant and sold by her to Mina Curtiss (1896-1985) in 1960; purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard in 1974.
Summary
Relaying his cook's reaction to encountering Manet's portrait of Duret; suggesting that Manet change where he has placed his signature on the painting.
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