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Letter from Auguste Renoir, Dieppe, to Eugène Murer, 1879? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444812
Accession number
MA 3950.3:351
Creator
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919.
Display Date
Dieppe, France, 1879?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 12 x 10.2 cm
Notes
Undated. Possible year of writing from pencil note on the letter.
Written from Château de Wargemont, near Dieppe.
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
Referring to two curtains; commenting on his work and the surroundings; mentioning mutual friends; asking if Murer's sister Marie is better.