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Letter from Champfleury, Sèvres, to Léon Leenhoff, 1883 December 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
441511
Accession number
MA 3950.120
Creator
Champfleury, 1821-1889.
Display Date
Sèvres, France, 1883 December 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) ; 20.1 x 13.1 cm
Notes
On stationery with the letterhead "Ministère / de L'Instruction Publique / et des Beaux-Arts. / Manufacture Nationale / de Porcelaine."
A note in Leenhoff's hand reads "2 blanches / 2 roses."
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
Saying that he puts a painting of flowers by Manet entirely at Leenhoff's disposition for the exhibition at the École des Beaux-Arts; discussing the transportation of the painting.