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Edgar Degas

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Edgar Degas

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Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4.25 x 7, no date. Degas writes to the Italian painter Guiseppe de Nittis, translated in full: “I would of course lie if I shouted ‘Long live the Legion’ but I would also lie if I did not congratulate and old and dear friend like you with all my heart.” In fine condition, with some light rubbing, and a pencil notation to the bottom right corner. Congratulations to his close friend (that he addresses in the familiar form “tu”) for having been awarded the legion of honour, the highest French decoration, that Degas despised and refused for himself.