Documents associated with: 1st [Exhibition], Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1891
Record 5 of 8
System Number: 00982
Date: 19 June 1891
Author: C. Destréz[1]
Place: Paris
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D188
Document Type: ALS
DURAND - RUEL[2]
16. RUE LAFFITTE
NEW-YORK: 315. FIFTH AVENUE
ADRESSES TÉLÉGRAPHIQUES
DURANDRUEL-PARIS
DURANDRUEL-NEWYORK
Paris,
June the 19th. '91.
Mr. J. M[c]Neill Whistler
Chelsea.
Could you kindly authorize Mr. Sylvestre[3], Director of the illustrated: "l'Art Français", to reproduce in his publication the two pictures
Arrangement in black[4]
Harmony in green and opal[5]?
exhibited at the Champ de Mars Salon[6] -
That gentleman would be very glad to receive through us your written authorization to this plan.
Respectfully yours
pr. Durand-Ruel
C. Destréz
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Notes:
1. C. Destréz
C. Destrée, employee of Durand Ruel.
2. DURAND - RUEL
Paul Durand-Ruel (1828 or 1831-1922), Paris art dealer, or one of his sons, Joseph (1862-1928), Charles (1865-1892) or Georges (1866-1931).
3. Mr. Sylvestre
Paul Armand Silvestre (1837-1901), poet, Inspecteur des beaux-arts [more].
4. Arrangement in black
Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203).
5. Harmony in green and opal
Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso (YMSM 73).
6. Champ de Mars Salon
1st Exhibition, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1891.