BIB_ID
413464
Accession number
MA 9076.40
Creator
Durand, Marguerite, 1864-1936, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1922 October 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 26.9 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Club des Femmes Journalistes / 47, Rue Vivienne / Paris (2e) / Comité D'Organisation."
On the back is a draft of a response to Durand from Rosenberg and drafts of notes to Madame Besnard (regarding the poodle painting) and someone named Francois.
Part of a large collection of letters from French artists primarily to the art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Items in the collection are cataloged individually as MA 9076.1-227.
See also MA 3500, a related collection that also comprises letters from French artists and writers to Paul Rosenberg, which was acquired by the Morgan as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg in 1980.
On the back is a draft of a response to Durand from Rosenberg and drafts of notes to Madame Besnard (regarding the poodle painting) and someone named Francois.
Part of a large collection of letters from French artists primarily to the art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Items in the collection are cataloged individually as MA 9076.1-227.
See also MA 3500, a related collection that also comprises letters from French artists and writers to Paul Rosenberg, which was acquired by the Morgan as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg in 1980.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Summary
Requesting that he find her a painting by (Georgette) Agutte. Informing him as well that Madame Bernard has not answered her yet about Eva Gonzales's poodle (a painting she would like to buy from her) and asking for his help in this matter. On the back is a draft of a response to Durand from Rosenberg and drafts of notes to Madame Bernard (regarding the poodle painting) and someone named Francois. (on the back in Rosenberg's hand) 1. To Marguerite Durand telling her the names and addresses of galleries from which she can borrow paintings by Georgette Agutte and informing her that he will contact Madame Bernard about Eva Gonzales's painting of her poodle. 2. To a man named Francois informing him that he has to send Renoir's painting "La Causeuse," in which Francois is interested, to the USA and will let him know what happens. 3. To Madame Bernard, requesting that he lend Marguerite Durand Eva Gonzales's painting "le Caniche blanc" ("The White Poodle") for an important art exhibition that she is mounting. (Madame Bernard is perhaps the wife of the playwright, novelist, and lawyer Tristan Bernard).
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