[Claude MONET]. Gustave LARROUMET (1852-1903). L.A.S., May 5, 1890, to Claude Monet; 1page in-8 headed Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-Arts. Direction des Beaux-Arts.
He makes himself available to Monet "to examine with you the means of concluding the affair of [Manet's] Olympia", and asks him to come and see him: "a conversation would, I believe, be the quickest and surest way of reaching an agreement, for it seems to me that the examination of the question can no longer progress by correspondence"...
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[Claude MONET]. Gustave LARROUMET (1852-1903). L.A.S., May 5, 1890, to Claude Monet; 1page in-8 headed Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-Arts. Direction des Beaux-Arts. He makes himself available to Monet "to examine with you the means of concluding the affair of [Manet's] Olympia", and asks him to come and see him: "a conversation would, I believe, be the quickest and surest way of reaching an agreement, for it seems to me that the examination of the question can no longer progress by correspondence"...

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€700
Buyer's premium
30%
[Claude MONET]. Gustave LARROUMET (1852-1903). L.A.S., May 5, 1890, to Claude Monet; 1page in-8 headed Ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-Arts. Direction des Beaux-Arts. He makes himself available to Monet "to examine with you the means of concluding the affair of [Manet's] Olympia", and asks him to come and see him: "a conversation would, I believe, be the quickest and surest way of reaching an agreement, for it seems to me that the examination of the question can no longer progress by correspondence"...
Sale Tuesday 4 November 2025・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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