BIB_ID
444400
Accession number
MA 3950.3:61
Creator
Charpentier, Georges.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1884 February 21.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.3 x 13.5 cm
Notes
On the letterhead of the Bibliothèque Charpentier.
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
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 has never thought of selling his painting (identified by Tabarant as a reference to Manet's "Combat du Kearsarge et de l'Alabama") and that he wouldn't part with it for less than fifteen thousand francs.
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