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MONET, Claude (1840-1926). Autograph letter signed ('Claude Monet') to Madame Barillon, Giverney, 22 May 1916, in pencil, three pages, 8vo, on a bifolium (filing holes punched through inner margins of both leaves).
AN URGENT NEED FOR CANVASES. 'I discover that I need more canvases, and that I will need them as quickly as possible: 6 canvases of 2 metres by 1m 50; 6 of 2 metres by 1m 30; on the condition that they be of exactly the same canvas', continuing with arrangements for the packing and delivery of the canvases by rail, and for payment.
AN URGENT NEED FOR CANVASES. 'I discover that I need more canvases, and that I will need them as quickly as possible: 6 canvases of 2 metres by 1m 50; 6 of 2 metres by 1m 30; on the condition that they be of exactly the same canvas', continuing with arrangements for the packing and delivery of the canvases by rail, and for payment.
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