MANET ÉDOUARD (1832-1883). - Lot 142

Lot 142
Go to lot
Estimation :
6000 - 8000 EUR
Result with fees
Result : 18 200EUR
MANET ÉDOUARD (1832-1883). - Lot 142
MANET ÉDOUARD (1832-1883). L.A.S. "Ed. Manet", Wednesday [ca. May-June 1865], to Zacharie ASTRUC; 3 pages in-8 (small cracks at folds). Very interesting letter to his great friend and supporter Zacharie Astruc, in which Manet discusses Olympia and his upcoming trip to Spain to the master Velasquez. [Painter, sculptor and art critic, Zacharie ASTRUC (1835-1907) was one of the great figures of the artistic and cultural world at the end of the 19th century. A friend of Baudelaire, he was close to Fantin-Latour, who portrayed him posing for Manet in his painting Un atelier aux Batignolles (1870), but was even more closely linked to Manet. It was Astruc, through one of his poems, who inspired the painter with the title of Olympia, and who wrote the catalogue notice for his exhibition in 1867. He also made a magnificent bust of the painter. For his part, Manet portrayed him in La Musique aux Tuileries (1861), and painted his portrait several times]. "My dear Zacharie, this is a real letter, very detailed, very clear, it enchants me and commits me to leave without any companion; you alone would have been the one I would have wished for and if I had sold Olympia, which was about to happen recently, I would have paid for the luxury of your pleasant company, but I thought I had to give myself the impertinence of asking for ten thousand francs, it's all over; I was supposed to leave with Champfleury and Nadar but they always delay I think they fear this one they fear the other one, well they annoy me pass me this not very literary word but my letter not being intended for publicity I put myself at my ease; I almost feel like leaving right away, the day after tomorrow perhaps, I am in a great hurry to see so many beautiful things and to go and ask Master Velasquez for advice. Your itinerary seems excellent to me, I will follow it from point to point, but they say that cholera is in Marseille, which may prevent me from returning by this route... He mentions the upcoming birth of an "heir" to the Astruc family, and ends: "Farewell my dear friend, good luck, I have no doubt that you will have great success this winter"...
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue