BIB_ID
444779
Accession number
MA 3950.3:331
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Paris, France, between April and November 1900.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Undated. Likely period of writing from contents.
Proust lists the place of writing as "32 Blvd Haussmann."
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Proust lists the place of writing as "32 Blvd Haussmann."
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 has just had a visit from Baron Vitta, who will return on Monday afternoon with [Félix] Bracquemond, and that the baron is interested in two specific sketches by Manet; discussing the size of the sketches and the price in detail; writing that the baron wishes to have a gallery at his villa in Evian devoted to Manet's sketches and that he already owns several; referring to a portrait of Manet that the baron would also like to buy; sending greetings to Madame Vibert.
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