BIB_ID
224267
Accession number
MA 3950.3:220
Creator
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, 1870 September 16.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.4 x 13.1 cm
Notes
Manet lists only the date and month, but the year is clear from the content.
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
Listing the paintings he will be sending to Duret, who has offered to protect them during the siege; saying that if he is killed, Duret may choose a painting of his to keep.
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