BIB_ID
444531
Accession number
MA 3950.3:196
Creator
Leenhoff, Léon, 1852-1927.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, undated.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.7 x 17.3 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
Asking Clemenceau to use his influence to get "Olympia" into the Louvre; referring to Clemenceau's support for the Manet family over the years and mentioning both Édouard and Suzanne Manet.
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