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Letter from Antonin Proust, Paris, to Suzanne Manet, 1900 December 24 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444762
Accession number
MA 3950.3:339
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1900 December 24.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 14 x 11.2 cm
Notes
With a stamp and postmarks. Date of writing from postmark.
Addressed to: "Madame Edouard Manet / 1 Boulevard Voltaire / Asnières / Seine."
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
Expressing sympathy on the death of Madame Marjolin; saying that he hopes the weather turns milder and he can come visit her in Asnières; adding that he saw M. Duboscq, the framer, and he, like everyone, laments the pause in the sale of Manet's works and hopes it is only temporary; asking to be remembered to Madame Vibert.