BIB_ID
444527
Accession number
MA 3950.3:191
Creator
Leenhoff, Léon, 1852-1927.
Display Date
Bizy, France, 1920 December 4.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27 x 20.7 cm
Notes
Signed "Koëlla."
On the stationery of the Comptoir Général de l'Elevage.
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
On the stationery of the Comptoir Général de l'Elevage.
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
Referring to Tabarant's letter and his questions about Manet; mentioning Edmond Bazire's book; discussing in detail the amputation of Manet's foot at the end of his life, with references to the specific doctors and surgeons attending on Manet; describing his own role in caring for Manet at that time.
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