Record ID:
281687
Accession number:
MA 3950
Created:
19th-20th centuries
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard and children in memory of Charles W. Engelhard, 1974.
Description:
1 collection (5 boxes and 5 albums)
Notes:
Letters within the collection are cataloged separately; the three Lochard albums are also cataloged separately.
Summary:
A collection of over 100 letters, many to Edouard Manet and Théodore Duret, as well as additional archival material (documents and photographs) related to Manet and his wife, Suzanne; material related to the Manet Banquet, held January 5, 1885 at the P̀ere Lathuille Restaurant; documentary photographs of artworks left in Manet's estate (the so-called Lochard photo albums); and additional material related to the death of 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.
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