Bidspirit auction | DEGAS EDGAR: (1834-1917)

DEGAS EDGAR: (1834-1917) - DEGAS EDGAR: (1834-1917) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Degas , one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Emma Dobigny, in French. A lonely Degas writes, in full, ´Venez me tenir compagnie, ce soir, chère petite Dobigny. Vous me trouverez avec une fluxion, la tête dans mon bonnet et de la ouate. Docteur Camus doit venir me soigner. Mais ce n´est pas assez de lui. Il vous faut.´ (Translation: ´Come and keep me company this evening, dear little Dobigny. You’ll find me with a cold, my head tucked into my bonnet and some cotton wool. Dr Camus is due to come and treat me. But he alone isn’t enough. I need you too.´ ). With blank integral leaf. One small, neat split to the right edge of the central fold, otherwise VG Emma Dobigny (1851-1925) French artist's model who sat for several of the leading Impressionist and Realist painters, and is particularly known for her association with Degas.