Monet, Claude

concerning his state of health, reassuring her that he feels much better, although his head still feels empty and he has a tendency to dizziness, describing the food prescribed by his German doctor, noting that he does not have full confidence in him, expressing his anger that he will be coming to see him once more on Sunday, when he would rather see Mr. Playfair, stating that he has written to Blanche, to Sargent and to Fitzgerald whose painting has finally gone, and to Durand-Ruel so that he might send her 6,000 francs, which with the other 6,000 he is sending her under separate cover will enable her to pay for the car, mentioning his bills, explaining that he is hot with fatigue and has not even thought about his poor paintings which he hasn't seen since Sunday and which he doesn't want to look at, and admitting his one thought is to get his strength back and return to her

...Je ne songe pas du tout à mes pauvres toiles je ne les ai pas regardées depuis dimanche... et ne veux pas les voir...



6 pages, 8vo (20.3 x 12.7cm), on printed stationery of the Savoy Hotel, London, with a modern English translation, London, 15 March 1901

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate.
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A lengthy and detailed letter written by Monet during the second of his three trips to London, during which he worked on his celebrated series of Thames views. Working on and off on around 100 canvases, Monet would paint in the morning, from the fifth floor of his hotel, the sun rising over Waterloo bridge, later going across the river to paint the Houses of Parliament from St. Thomas's Hospital.