Oct 11, 2007 - Sale 2123

Sale 2123 - Lot 92

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
WITH AN ETCHING MILLET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS. Autograph Letter Signed, "J.F. Millet," in French, to [Henry G.] Marquand, expressing regret that Marquand cannot meet him in Barbizon and complaining that poor health is keeping him from leaving Barbizon to meet Marquand in Paris, also wishing success to one of Marquand's sons and stating that he "shall also be very glad of a chance to see the drawings of your other son." 2 pages, single 8vo sheet; slight fading and soiling. matted and framed with an etching and portrait of the artist. Barbizon, 15 October 1873

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The 1861 etching by Millet is entitled "La Bouillie," printed on tan chine-collé.