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Letter from Madame Campineanu, Bucharest, to Suzanne Manet, 1883 May 14 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444397
Accession number
MA 3950.3:39
Creator
Campineanu, Madame.
Display Date
Bucharest, Romania, 1883 May 14.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.2 cm
Notes
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
Sympathizing with Suzanne Manet in her loss; referring to a visit that the writer of the letter and her husband had made to Paris last spring; regretting that they didn't meet with Édouard Manet then; sending greetings from Lise [probably Lise Campineanu] and referring to how she tormented "ce bon M. Manet"; asking Suzanne to convey her sympathies to her mother-in-law, Eugénie-Désirée Manet.