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Lot n° 30

DEGAS EDGAR (1834-1917).

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L.A.S. "Degas", Thursday morning [1891, to Catherine STEVENS]; 1 1/2 pages in-8 (split at fold and repaired). To her goddaughter Catherine Stevens (1865-1942, daughter of painter Alfred Stevens). "I am not free this evening Thursday, my dear Catherine. Tell your father I am very sorry. All these days, in the afternoon, I was at Manzi's making lithographs, I will soon resume the studio life and you will come back. [...] I kiss you, my good and brave daughter"... Envelope enclosed: "Letter from my godfather Degas in '91."