Auction Date:2011 Aug 10 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Highly influential French painter (1840–1926) who was among the leading figures of the impressionist movement, which took its name from the title of one of Monet’s works. ALS in French, two pages, 5.25 x 8, black-bordered Giverny par Vernon Eure letterhead, December 30, 1899. Letter to Mr. G. Geffroy. In full (translated): “As you know very well perhaps that as soon as I received your last letter I had sent the painting to Clemenceau. He has written to me saying that he was disposed to come here and I will show him Giverny. It is therefore the best time for you to come. I count on you that you will not keep us waiting. Particularly because I will not be able to keep the canvas very long that I would like to show you. I will have to deliver it shortly. In haste, I send you my dear friend and your family my best wishes.” All Monet’s writing and signature a few shades light, but still completely legible, a central horizontal fold, some light edge creases, and tape remnants along top edge of reverse, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Monet’s hand.
Monet and Georges Clemenceau—the future French prime minister—were close friends, with Clemenceau being a vocal and very prominent supporter of Monet’s art at a time when some critics were presenting quite hash reviews. In this letter to French journalist and art critic Gustave Geffroy, Monet references a painting he had sent his friend—one showing a massive rock jutting upward toward, a representation of Clemenceau’s efforts to continually stand in defense of France. An admirable letter from the time of one of Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ creations referencing one of the artist’s most significant supporters.
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