1364648 PONT-AVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
PONT-AVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

PONT-AVEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

Pont-Aven: 1887. G+; a two-page on one sheet front and back ALS in French, 27cm x 21cm, dated October 17, 1887; an unidentified author replying to an unidentified recipient about local news in the art circle, in particular lamenting the incursion of American and British artists; mild staining primarily to the left side of the sheet, light creasing throughout and chipping around the edges, one small hole to the center of the sheet, two small closed tears at the horizontal fold and large closed tears to the lower half of the sheet at the quarter and three quarter folds, four folds, one horizontal at the half and three vertical at even quarters; shelved case 0.

1364648

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $500

NOTES

The letter mentions a number of names associated with the Pont-Aven School: Gloanec refers to the Pension Gloanec, an inexpensive inn that many of the School stayed at during their visits; Vos refers to the Dutch painter Hubert Vos; Angèle refers to Angélique Marie Satre, a Pont-Aven hotelier who was later the subject of Gauguin's 1889 "La Belle Angèle"; Madame Régnier refers to the French poet and novelist Marie de Régnier; Laval refers to Charles Laval, a French painter; Monsieur Wuertz refers to French-Prussian-American sculptor Emil Wuertz; and Mr. Bernard refers to Émile Bernard, a French painter and writer.