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MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Nine Monet letters on Rodin and Cezanne to his art dealers, bound together in an interesting presentation - MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. A fine correspondence collection of eight A.Ls.S. and one L.S., Claude Monet , fourteen pages (total), 8vo, various places (mainly Giverny par Vernon, Eure), 1882-1923, to various correspondents including the important French art dealers Paul Durand-Ruel and Ambroise Vollard, further including an A.N., unsigned, by Monet to his Visiting Card, all in French. The letters are unusually bound together in an attractive presentation of other related printed material, principally featuring a limited edition copy of the exhibition catalogue for Claude Monet - A. Rodin at the Galerie Georges Petit, 1889. The correspondence centres on a variety of subjects from exhibiting with Rodin to purchasing works by Paul Cezanne, and comprises (in order of their appearance within the volume) - (i) A.L.S., Claude Monet , three pages, 8vo, Fresselines, Creuse, 12th April 1889, to Monsieur [Georges] Petit. Monet writes to confirm his agreement to participate in an exhibition at Petit´s gallery, in conjunction with the sculptor Auguste Rodin, in part, ´J´accepte les conditions que vous mes faites pour faire une exposotion dans votre galerie......a dates du 5 Juillet prochain au 5 Octobre (il faut qu´il soit bien convenu que vous nous livrez la galerie au plus tard le 5 Juillet........a fin d´ouvrir le 5 vous devez pouvoir le decider des a present). Conditions 8000 fr a vous donner en peinture et 10% sur la vente.........Le chiffre a vous remettre en peintures et en sculptures. Je previens Rodin de mon acceptation a vos conditions. Vous aurez donc a conclure avec lui en ce qui le concerne et je vous prie de m´adresser un mot de reponse qui constitue......et engagementde votre part´ (Translation: ´I accept your conditions for an exhibition in your gallery......from 5th July to 5th October (it must be clearly agreed that you will deliver the gallery to us by 5th July at the latest........ in order to open on the 5th you must be able to decide this now). Conditions 8000 fr to be given to you in paintings and 10% on the sale.........The figure to be given to you in paintings and sculptures. I inform Rodin that I accept your conditions. You will therefore have to come to an agreement with him as far as he is concerned and I would ask you to send me a note of reply which will constitute...... a commitment on your part´ ). Georges Petit (1856-1920) French art dealer, a key figure in the Paris art world and an important promoter of Impressionist artists. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) French sculptor who exhibited The Kiss at Petit´s gallery in 1887. The joint exhibition by Monet and Rodin at Petit´s gallery in 1889 served to seal Rodin’s position as France’s premier sculptor and opened doors to collections and museums around the world. Monet stayed for three months at Fresselines, in the spring of 1889, at the home of the French poet and musician Maurice Rollinat (1846-1903). (ii) A.L.S., Claude Monet , one page, 8vo, Villers-sur-Mer, 11th June 1882, to [Paul] Durand-Ruel. Monet arranges a meeting with his art dealer, ´Je suis oblige de venir demain matin a Paris. Si vous n´avez rien qui vous derange, je passerai rue de la Paix vers 10h ou 10h 1/2´ (Translation: ´I have to come to Paris tomorrow morning. If you don't have anything to disturb you, I'll drop by rue de la Paix around 10 or 10 1/2´ ). Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French art dealer associated with the Impressionists and the Barbizon School, an early supporter of Monet, Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. (iii) A.N., unsigned, to the recto of Monet´s personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name to the centre and address at Giverny par Vernon (Eure) to the lower right corner, with two lines of French text in his hand, in the third person and written in his characteristic bold purple ink, ´avec ses sinceres compliments et tous ses remerciements´ (Translation: ´with his sincere compliments and many thanks´ ). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Monet to the art critic Andre Mellerio in Paris, post marked 17th December 1895. Andre Mellerio (1862-1943) French art critic who promoted the cause of Symbolism and was the biographer, and great friend, of Odilon Redon. (iv) A.L.S., Claude Monet , one page, 8vo, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 9th December 1895, to [Ambroise Vollard] ( ´Cher Monsieur ´), written in the artist´s chracteristic bold purple ink. Monet writes concerning the delivery of a painting by Paul Cezanne, ´Si vous ne l´avez deja fait, je vous prie de ne pas manquer d´envoyer mon tableau de Cezanne chez M. Montaignac......demain mardi avant-midi´ (Translation: ´If you have not already done so, please do not fail to send my painting of Cezanne to Mr. Montaignac......tomorrow, Tuesday morning´ ).