Lot n° 96
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2000 - 2500
EUR
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: 13 200EUR
Claude MONET. Autograph letter signed, Christiania February - Lot 96
Claude MONET. Autograph letter signed, Christiania February 11, 1895, to HIS WIFE ALICE; 4 pages in-8 on Giverny letterhead (2 red pen marks).
Beautiful letter from Norway.
Despite the delay in the mail and the heavy snowfall, all is well, he's having "superb walks, I don't know where to turn or what to do, I see so many beautiful things. I'm looking for possible places close to inns or railroads, and it's the devil, not being able to go on skis, I have to find my motives on paths that have already been mapped out, because if I deviate from them there are 3 meters of snow. On skis, you can go anywhere. Finally, tomorrow I'm going to visit a place I saw on the railroad. We'll be accompanied by a very kind and obliging painter who, if I like the place, will give me all the means I need to settle there"... The cold weather has forced him to make purchases to equip himself, and he has inquired about the price of fox furs. He asked Alice for news of his health, of his family...,
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