Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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Mar 14, 2024
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1033:
CARPEAUX JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1827-1875) French Sculptor and Painter. A.L.S., `J.B. Carpeaux´ ...
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Sold for: €750
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€800 - €1,000
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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CARPEAUX JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1827-1875) French Sculptor and Painter. A.L.S., `J.B. Carpeaux´, one page, 8vo, Auteuil, 26 th July 1872, in French. Carpeaux writes to his correspondent and client, a woman he could not meet the day before, and refers to the work he has been entrusted, stating ` J´ai été hier a Versailles pour vous voir. J´ai eu le regret de ne pas vous rencontrer. Je vous prie chère Madame de vouloir bien m´indiquer un jour pour causer du travail que vous m´avez confié…´ ("I went yesterday to Versailles to see you. I was sorry not to meet you. I beg of you, dear Madame, to kindly tell me a day to talk about the work you have entrusted to me…") With blank integral leaf. VG
