Cassat” after the fourth exhibition of the Impressionists

423. Edouard Manet Autograph Letter Signed on a Mary Cassatt

Painting. ALS in French, signed “E. Manet,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, April 17, [1879]. Fantastic handwritten letter referring to a painting by Mary Cassett, in full (translated): “At the end of the exhibition, you will send La Liseuse [The Reader] by Miss Cassat to Mr. Antonin Proust deputy 32 Bd Haussmann where you will receive the agreed 300 francs.” Matted to an overall size of 7 x 9. In fine condition.

Manet refers to the fourth exhibition of the Impressionists, in April 1879, at 28 avenue de l’Opéra. Mary Cassatt exhibited twelve paintings there, including her Reading Woman (today at the Joslyn Museum in Omaha, Nebraska). The art critic and politician Antonin Proust (1832–1905), a friend of Manet, was one of Mary Cassatt’s first buyers. A significant association piece. Starting Bid $200

424.

Letter Signed. French painter (1814–1875) known as one of the founders of the Barbizon school. ALS in French, signed “J. F. Millet,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.25, May 13, 1863. Addressed from the famed village of Barbizon, an untranslated letter from Jean-François Millet to his brother Jean. In fine condition, with a few small old tape repairs. Active roughly from 1830 through 1870, the Barbizon school of painters was part of an art movement towards Realism in art, and it took its name from the village of Barbizon, France, on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Starting Bid $200

426. Auguste

Signed. LS in French, signed “Aug. Rodin,” one page, 4.25 x 7, 77 Rue de Varenne letterhead, January 4, 1913. Untranslated letter to “Limet,” mentioning a “grande figure.” In very good to fine condition, with light