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Letter from Edmond Bazire, Amiens, to Édouard Manet?, undated : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444257
Accession number
MA 3950.3:10
Creator
Bazire, Edmond.
Display Date
Amiens, France, undated.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 20.4 x 13.1 cm
Notes
"Jeudi" is given for the day of writing. A later pencil note lists 1883 as the possible year of writing.
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 received his correspondent's letter in Amiens, where he has been since Monday, with his wife and father; describing his activities there; mentioning that he has started on his book; referring to [Georges] Charpentier; saying that he looks forward to visiting him at his atelier soon.