Accession number
TMP 2023-96.12A
Creator
Legrand, Louis, 1863-1951, sender.
Published
Paris, France?, 1914
Credit line
Promised gift of Davida Deutsch in memory of Alvin Deutsch.
Notes
With a drawing of a sleeping infant on the second page of the letter, executed by Legrand in ink and watercolor, reproducing the figure of the child from his etching for Charles Baudelaire's poem "Bohémiens en voyage", as it appeared in the poetry collection Poëmes à l'eau-forte (Paris : Gustave Pellet, Éditeur, 1914), the drawing dedicated to Mme. Alice Barthou (1873-1930) and signed with Legrand's initials.
Description
1 item (2 items) : illustration ; 20.7 x 15.6 cm
Provenance
Exlibris of Louis Barthou; from the collection of Davida Deutsch.
Summary
Thanking Barthou for his support; updating him on the production schedule for the book which requires multiple parts to be laid out simultaneously and he expects will be complete around mid-October.
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