IFLA Amsterdam 2023
17-18 August 2023
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Art Libraries Conference, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Autograph letter signed.Glasgow, 12 Mar 1875.
$3,908.00To an unidentified journalist and friend, thanking him for an article on Doré's work in Le Progrès de l'Ain, a local journal in Doré's hometown Bourg-en-Bresse, and particularly praising his "protest against the systemaric ostracism" that excludes Doré "from all decoratif works for the state": "Voici vingt jours environ que j'ai quitté Paris …
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Autograph letter signed.Paris, 26 May 1875 postmark.
InquireTo his only female student Éva Gonzalès, informing her that the art dealer Templaër is willing to exhibit a painting of hers, which she should finish "fast and well" and for which she should ask 1500 to 2000 francs: "Mademoiselle, Templaer exposera votre tableau quand vous voudrez. Dépêchez-vous de le terminer vite et bien et joignez-y une petite …
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2 autograph letters signed.Giverny, postmark: 5 and 19 June 1888.
$20,098.00To the writer Stéphane Mallarmé, thanking for a copy of the "Ten o'clock" manifesto by the American poet and painter James McNeill Whistler, which had appeared in Mallarmé's translation in "La Revue indépendante" in May 1888, and well as in an offprint. On Whistler's behalf Monet requests Mallarmé to mail a copy to the sculptor Jean-Joseph Carriès, …
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2 autograph letters signed. In Norwegian.Opdal and Gothenburg, 1930s.
$15,631.00To his lawyer Johannes Roede (1875-1958), brother of the pianist and collector Halfdan Nobel Roede, concerning Munch's financial problems and poor reputation. In the letter on stationery from a hotel in Opdal, Munch complains about his financial difficulties despite his owning several apartments. He contemplates renting or selling his properties …