Léon Bonnat Handwritten signed letter to Émile Michel, Bode’s 19th-century work

  

Léon Bonnat - Signed autograph letter - To Émile Michel, a work by Bode - 19th century. Signed autograph letter from Léon Bonnat, French painter, engraver, and art collector. Written in black ink on a blue paper sheet in the form of a pneumatic card, with a printed 50-cent stamp on the front and the recipient’s handwritten address.

In this letter addressed to Émile Michel, Léon Bonnat arranges a meeting with his fellow art critic in order to hand-deliver a copy of a work by art historian Wilhelm von Bode. Dimensions: 11.5 x 14.9 cm. Presence of fold marks inherent to the closed pneumatic card format, light soiling and small signs of wear in the margins, water stain on the upper left edge of the front. See photos for more details. Number of pages: 1 page.

Léon Bonnat, born on June 20, 1833 in Bayonne and died on September 8, 1922 in Monchy-Saint-Éloi, was a French painter, engraver, and art collector. He was a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Autograph letters, old papers, antique books, photographs, engravings, stamps...

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