BIB_ID
444734
Accession number
MA 3950.3:308
Creator
Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1878?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 13.2 x 10.4 cm
Notes
Undated. Possible year of writing from contents and pencil note on the letter.
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 read Murer's letter with pain; mentioning his wife's pregnancy and Mary Cassatt; writing at length about [Armand] Guillaumin; describing his own career and artistic path and the difficulties it entails.
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