BIB_ID
413595
Accession number
MA 9076.81
Creator
Hessel, Jos, 1859-1942, sender.
Display Date
Cannes, France, 1941 October 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.8 x 21.1 cm
Notes
Stamped in red "OCT 20 1941."
Written on yellow paper.
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.
Written on yellow paper.
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
Expressing his pleasure at learning that Rosenberg has opened his new gallery in New York. Asks if it isn't the former Valentine Gallery, run by (F. Valentine) Dudensing. He hasn't heard from Rosenberg's brother Edmond for a long time. Edmond is in Nice with his daughter, who is seriously ill. Hessel's daughter was ill too, but has recovered. Hessel is moving. He asks if Rosenberg can find out what happened to Vuillard's large oval painting of the Grand Teddy tea room, which he had shipped by Lerondelle (a Parisian art shipper) to San Francisco.
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