BIB_ID
224132
Accession number
MA 3950.3:111
Creator
Duret, Théodore, 1838-1927.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1889 April 2.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.2 x 13.2 cm
Notes
Written from "20 rue des Capucines."
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
Informing her about the New York collector Erwin Davis's gift of two Manet paintings, "L'enfant à l'épée" and "La Femme au perroquet" (Boy with a Sword and Young Lady in 1866), to the Metropolitan Museum; discussing "Le combat du 'Kearsage' et de 'l'Alabama'" and sales of other Manet paintings; expressing pessimism about the political situation.
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