Edgar Degas (1834-1917). L.A.S., Thursday 13 June 1889, to Albert Bartholomé; 3 pages in-12 (small mourning). Nice letter on his sculpture The Tub. He regrets not having taken advantage of the departure of Bartholomew's sculpture of Christ: "We would have followed to Dammartin, had lunch, and taken the train to sleep more gently until Paris"; he will go to see him at Crépy on Saturday. Then he talks about his sculpture Le Tub: "I worked a lot on the little wax. I made a base for it with cloths dipped in a more or less well spoiled plaster ". He gives news of Mary Cassatt who "always goes well. On Monday we changed the camera. Everything is for the best "...