Subasta Bidspirit | [MONET CLAUDE]: (1840-1926)

[MONET CLAUDE]: (1840-1926) - [MONET CLAUDE]: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. MIRBEAU OCTAVE (1848-1917) French novelist and art critic. A.L.S., O. Mirbeau , one page, 12mo, Paris, n.d., to Claude Monet (' Mon cher ami' ), in French. Mirbeau writes in his typically small and neat hand, starting to explain that they are just back in Paris after spending the night in a location they have rented a property, stating in part ' Le bail est signé; nous sommes locataires de ce paradis pendant 6 ans. Je suis enchanté, et je ne me tiens pas de joie à la pensée que je vais quitter ce sale Paris..., mais rien n´est encore certain: car il faut compter avec ces sacrés déménageurs qui ne vont pas au gré de mes désirs...´ (Translation: ” The lease is signed; we are tenants of this paradise for 6 years. I am delighted, and I can't hold back the joy of thinking that I am going to leave this dirty Paris..., but nothing is certain yet: because we have to take into account these damn movers who don't work according to my wishes.”) Further, and before signing at the base, Mirbeau sends his regards to Madame Hoschédé, `Nos affectueux souvenirs à Mme Hoschédé et bonne poignée de main´ (” Our kind regards to Madame Hoschédé and I shake your hand”) With blank integral leaf. Paper bearing a Louvre watermark. With blank integral leaf. Lower edge very slightly trimmed, otherwise VG Alice Hoschédé Monet: (1844-1911) French artists' model, wife of the art collector Ernest Hoschede and later of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Alice Hoschédé Monet had six children by her marriage to Ernest Hoschede; Blanche (who married Claude Monet's son, Jean Monet, in 1897), Germaine, Suzanne, Marthe, Jean-Pierre and Jacques.