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Letter from Théodore Duret, New York, to Édouard Manet, 1871 August 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
224125
Accession number
MA 3950.3:103
Creator
Duret, Théodore, 1838-1927, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1871 August 9.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.2 x 12.8 cm
Notes
On blue paper.
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
Referring to the July elections; reporting on the position of French painting in the United States and mentioning specific artists whose work he has seen in American collections.