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Letter from Marcel Bernstein, Paris, to Léon Leenhoff, 1884? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
444946
Accession number
MA 3950.3:21
Creator
Bernstein, Marcel.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1884?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 8.9 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Undated. Probable year of writing from content.
The banquet was held at the Père Lathuille on January 5, 1885.
Written on a card embossed with the address "50, Boulevard de Courcelles."
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 attend the memorial banquet for Manet, and that he only wishes it could also be held in honor of Antonin Proust, for his "vraie et constante amitié."