Peng Wei, We Will Meet Again in the Garden 2014

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Description

Peng Wei, We Will Meet Again in the Garden
inscribed with a translation of a letter from Berthe Morisot to Stèphane Mallarmé, signed PENG WEI, titled, dated 2014, and with two seals of the artist
titleslip signed, titled and with one seal of the artist
ink and colour on paper
26 by 145 cm.; 10 ¼ by 57 in.
2014

Catalogue Note

We Will Meet Again in the Garden is inscribed with the translation of a personal note written by one of the first Impressionist painters, Berthe Morisot (Mme. Eugène Manet) to her dear friend and poet, Stèphane Mallarmé. The original letter was written in French in 1891 from Mézy, a small village in the valley of the Seine to the northwest of Paris.

My dear friend,

We shall stay another week for the weather is marvelous. If you want to see the chateau, this is the time to come, for we seem to be becoming seriously interested in buying it. I do not even know any longer whether I really want it, but the present owner is very anxious for us to take it. The deal was off, but now it is on again. If you should be tempted to spend a last day in the sun, and Mlle. Geneviève as well, we would be delighted, and in the event you wish to spend the night, I have two beds to offer. I am writing all this in the conditional mood because I should not wish to bore you for anything in the world.

Renoir has spent a few days with us, without his wife, this time. I shall never succeed in describing to you my astonishment at the sight of this ungainly woman whom, I don't know why, I had imagined to be like her husband's paintings. I shall introduce her to you this winter.

I am in a hurry to return to Paris; I think that women never like the country wholeheartedly. In any event, I shall see you soon. Thank you for your letter; it is delightfully pretty and almost touching.

Berthe Morisot