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Manet, Edouard
Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Édouard Manet
- Autograph letter signed ("Ed. Manet"), to Louis-Félix Allart
- ink and paper
3 pages, in French (7 x 4 3/8 in; 180 x 110 mm), 24 December, brown ink on paper; formerly folded and framed, light mat burn overall, with a darker curved streak of offsetting or staining extending into first page of text, stamp on the blank page indicating the name of the addressee "Edouard Manet à M. Allart."
Condition
see cataloguing
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Manet writes on Charles Monginot's award of the Legion of Honour.
Louis-Felix Allart was the mayor of Brienne, hometown of both Manet and Monginot. Manet explains his support for Monginot "J'ai su qu'il ne pouvait dispoer que de six croix qui vont je crois être ainsi distribuées: un musicien, un sculpteur, un graveur, un artiste industriel et deux peintres dont l'un certainement a dû lui être imposé et auquel il aurait assurément préféré son ancien camarade Monginot."
Manet met Monginot at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where they were pupils of Thomas Couture, a popular portrait and still-life painter. Manet included his likeness in La Musique aux Tuileries, next to Fantin-Latour, Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Zacharic Astruc, Rossini and the artist himself.