BIB_ID
444780
Accession number
MA 3950.3:333
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 (1 page) ; 14 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Undated. Likely period of writing from contents.
With a stamp and postmarks. Addressed to: "Madame Manet / 12 rue Verte / a Sarcelles / Seine et Oise."
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
With a stamp and postmarks. Addressed to: "Madame Manet / 12 rue Verte / a Sarcelles / Seine et Oise."
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 Baron Vitta left yesterday for Evian; writing that the baron is stopping by with [Félix] Bracquemond in early September to see if he can have the two large Manet sketches of the cavalier and the equestrienne; mentioning the frames from Cézard; proposing a price and asking what she thinks; adding that he will come see her and they can discuss in person; writing about how badly the art market is doing at present; saying that he is waiting for [Jean-Baptiste] Faure, as he wants to speak to him.
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