BIB_ID
444806
Accession number
MA 3950.3:340
Creator
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905.
Display Date
Place of writing not identified, 1900 or later.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.4 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Dated "ce mardi." Based on the contents and Suzanne Manet's places of residence, it seems most likely that this letter was written in 1900 or later.
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
Saying that he will come see her before the end of the week; telling her that M.P. [most likely Auguste Pellerin] has resisted taking two portraits, or even one; saying that he has another combination to propose; adding that he hopes the exercise she will take in Sarcelles will lead to a complete recovery.
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