ID 1108864
Lot 65 | French and Dutch artists and writers
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Autograph collection – 19th- and 20th-Century art and literature
Comprising 40 letters, 34 postcards, 9 memoranda and 11 visiting cards. In French. Various sizes (from 96 x 56mm to 269 x 209mm). Provenance: Sotheby's London, 5 & 6 May 1988, lot 156.
A collection of personal correspondence between prominent French and Dutch artists and writers, the majority by the writer and critic Camille Mauclair (1872-1945).
The collection includes:
Eugène Boudin. Autograph letter signed (‘E. Boudin’) to ‘Mon cher [Louis] Braquaval’, Deauville, 18 October 1893;
Gustave Caillebotte. Autograph letter signed (‘G. Caillebotte’) to a friend (‘Mon cher ami’), 31 Boulevard Haussman, Paris, n.d.;
Charles-François Daubigny. Autograph letter signed (‘C. Daubigny’) to ‘Monsieur Beugnet’, Auvers-sur-Oise, 26 June 1867;
Camille Mauclair. Autograph visiting card signed (‘Mauclair’) to Georges Maurevert, Saint-Leu-Taverny, n.d.
Place of origin: | France, The Netherlands |
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Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
Place of origin: | France, The Netherlands |
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Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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