MANET, Édouard (1832-1883)
Autograph card signed « Edouard Manet » to Eva Gonzalès
N.p.n.d., 1 p. in-24
« I have to go to a funeral and won’t be able to go to the studio »
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MANET, Édouard (1832-1883)
Autograph card signed « Edouard Manet » to Eva Gonzalès
N.p.n.d., 1 p. in-24
With autograph envelope, some stains
Charming card of the painter having to cancel his session with his model Eva Gonzalès
« Mademoiselle, je suis obligé d’aller à un enterrement et ne pourrai aller à l’atelier. E. Manet. »
Introduced by Alfred Stevens to Édouard Manet, Eva Gonzalès entered the painter’s studio in 1869. There she met Berthe Morisot, jealous of her friendship with the master. In addition to being his student, Eva frequently served as Manet’s model, to the point of becoming his favorite. She exhibited at the Salon in 1870 for the first time and would show her paintings there every year from then on, although she refused to participate in the Impressionist salons. Grieving Manet’s death in 1883, she succumbed to an embolism five days after his death, at the age of 34, at the time of the birth of her first child.