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MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet makes a payment for art supplies - MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Claude Monet , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Giverny par Vernon, Eure, 5th October 1907, to [the marchand de couleurs Louis Picard] ( ´Monsieur´ ), in French. In his characteristic bold purple ink Monet writes to make a payment to his correspondent, ´Je vous adresse inclus la somme de 283 f pour solde de compte à ce jour, dont je vous prie de m´accuser réception´ (Translation: ´I have enclosed the sum of 283 francs to settle the balance of the account to date; please acknowledge receipt´ ) and further remarks ´Je n´ai pu profiter de votre invitation étant trop occupé en ce moment´ (Translation: ´I was unable to accept your invitation as I am too busy at the moment´ ). Autograph letters of Monet relating to his art supplies are surprisingly rare. Some light creasing and minor staining, G The art supply dealer Louis Picard operated from a small shop in Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, providing high-quality canvases, paints, and brushes tailored to the needs of en plein air painters who required portable and durable supplies. The artist Alfred Sisley was a regular customer, and Picard's supplies literally formed the physical foundation of Sisley's late masterpieces, including his series on the Moret bridge and church. Of the period in Monet´s life when the present letter was written, the artist´s biographer, Daniel Wildenstein, observes ´1907 brought renewed tributes in the press; it was also a fruitful year in terms of work, once a few initial difficulties had been overcome. Monet began with a still-life motif that had caught his fancy, a basket of eggs on a table surrounded by various other objects. Perhaps the memory of Cézanne still haunted him. He devoted two months of hard work to this motif; he had not tried his hand at the genre for a long time, and this was to be his last attempt at it.....Then he returned to the water-lilies, working on them in his studio as the winter drew to a close; he had committed himself to exhibiting the series in May at Durand-Ruel´s.....When he wrote to Durand-Ruel on 25 May, Monet still spoke of the exhibition as ”settled”. But he added ”I have much to do, and I am not progressing as fast as I would like. As usual, there are times when I feel that nothing is going right and that everything I do is bad.” A fortnight later, he went back on his agreement, offering the usual excuses, and the exhibition had to be rescheduled......In mid-June, Monet was complaining of the weather, which was still variable. Thereafter, he wrote no more letters until the summer was almost over. By late September, he could record his satisfaction at a long stretch of time well-spent. ”Here all goes well. I have worked, and I am still working, with passion.” He continued to work as long as the fine weather lasted......In 1907 Monet took part in the Salon d´Automne. He was not showing his own work, but loaning five works by Berthe Morisot from his personal collection......In late October, the state purchased a Rouen Cathedral directly from Monet for the Luxembourg Museum for 10,500 francs.´ (from Monet - The Triumph of Impressionism , 2023 edition published by Taschen, pp.488-489).