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Letter from Maurice du Vigneux, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff?, 1883 December 20 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444823
Accession number
MA 3950.3:374
Creator
Vigneux, Maurice du.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1883 December 20.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.3 x 13.1 cm
Notes
With a note, possibly in Leenhoff's hand: "1 rose / 1 blanche."
Place of writing given as "26 Quai de Béthune."
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
Sending a painting by Manet requested for the posthumous exhibition; saying it is owned by his aunt Madame Paul Lacroix; describing her collection as including "véritables chefs d'œuvre de l'art flamand et hollandais"; asking that her ownership be noted in exhibition materials; listing her address.