BIB_ID
444757
Accession number
MA 3950.3:328
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, before July 1899.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.5 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Undated. Likely year of writing from reference to "la vente Choquet" which was held at Galerie Georges Petit in early July 1899.
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
Apologizing for not having come to see her; saying that Léon told him she is doing well and her nephew is better; writing about Manet's paintings and saying that they must wait for "la vente Chocquet"; mentioning "L'Enfant à l'Epée."
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