
Lot Closed
July 15, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
MONET, CLAUDE
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CLAUDE MONET"), TO AN UNIDENTIFIED "CHER MONSIEUR"
in French, begging for his help in the desperate situation in which he finds himself, with his furniture loaded on a carriage, but without a penny to pay the removers, and asking for one hundred francs to tide him over, 2 pages, 8vo (c.20.3 x 13cm), no place or date
''...me voilà dans une cruelle situation, notre mobilier chargé sur la voiture, mais pas de quoi payer les demenageurs, pas un sou...'',
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 7 December 2000, lot 150
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