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Letter from Claude Monet, Vétheuil, to Théodore Duret, 1879? January 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
224289
Accession number
MA 3950.3:273
Creator
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926.
Display Date
Vétheuil, France, 1879? January 28.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.6 x 13.7 cm
Notes
Possible year of writing from pencil note and accompanying transcription.
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 dimensions of a painting; urging him to purchase it; describing its flaws and merits; mentioning that "votre effet de neige" is completed.