BIB_ID
444783
Accession number
MA 3950.3:332
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Paris, France, between April and November 1900.
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Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.3 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Undated. Likely period of writing from contents.
Proust lists the place of writing as "32 Boulevard Haussmann."
Forms part of the Tabarant collection, papers related to the artist Édouard Manet.
Proust lists the place of writing as "32 Boulevard 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 Baron Vitta and Félix Bracquemond came to his house, and Bracquemond urged the baron to take the two sketches by Manet; the baron then asked to take them to his own home, where they will stay until Bracquemond returns from Auvergne; writing that he thinks the baron is hesistant but that Bracquemond may be able to persuade him to take them, at which point he will bring her the money; asking to be remembered to Madame Vibert.
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