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DURET (Théodore). History of the Impressionist painters - Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin. Paris, H. Floury, 1906. In-4; brown half-maroquin with corners, spine richly decorated with special gilt irons (symbolizing the fine arts), gilt title, place and date at the end, gilt fillet on the boards, gilt head, illustrated cover preserved (Brentano's Paris). Book illustrated with numerous reproductions in the text and 27 plates out of text after Fantin-Latour, Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne and Guillaumin including 6 original etchings by PISSARRO (Les faneuses), RENOIR (x3 : Femme nue assise ; Femme nue couchée + Femme nue, original unpublished etching printed for copies on Japon), CÉZANNE (Portrait de Guillaumin) and GUILLAUMIN (Vue prise de Saardam), and an etching by P. M. Roy after SISLEY (Bords du Loing). One of the 100 copies on Japon with a double suite of the hors texte engravings. A very nice copy enriched with an interesting autograph letter signed by Théodore Duret to the collector "M. de Barty" (perhaps the collector and art critic Philippe Barty?), dated November 22, 1905: "I will soon publish a book on the Impressionists, in which Claude Monet will, it goes without saying, hold a very large place. I would like to reproduce, on this occasion, your Japonaise. Do you have a photograph, a drawing or a reproduction in any form that you could send me? I would be happy to see this beautiful work by Monet in my book [...]". It would seem that the addressee did indeed accede to his request, the work in question being reproduced in the text on p. 81.
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DURET (Théodore). History of the Impressionist painters - Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin. Paris, H. Floury, 1906. In-4; brown half-maroquin with corners, spine richly decorated with special gilt irons (symbolizing the fine arts), gilt title, place and date at the end, gilt fillet on the boards, gilt head, illustrated cover preserved (Brentano's Paris). Book illustrated with numerous reproductions in the text and 27 plates out of text after Fantin-Latour, Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne and Guillaumin including 6 original etchings by PISSARRO (Les faneuses), RENOIR (x3 : Femme nue assise ; Femme nue couchée + Femme nue, original unpublished etching printed for copies on Japon), CÉZANNE (Portrait de Guillaumin) and GUILLAUMIN (Vue prise de Saardam), and an etching by P. M. Roy after SISLEY (Bords du Loing). One of the 100 copies on Japon with a double suite of the hors texte engravings. A very nice copy enriched with an interesting autograph letter signed by Théodore Duret to the collector "M. de Barty" (perhaps the collector and art critic Philippe Barty?), dated November 22, 1905: "I will soon publish a book on the Impressionists, in which Claude Monet will, it goes without saying, hold a very large place. I would like to reproduce, on this occasion, your Japonaise. Do you have a photograph, a drawing or a reproduction in any form that you could send me? I would be happy to see this beautiful work by Monet in my book [...]". It would seem that the addressee did indeed accede to his request, the work in question being reproduced in the text on p. 81.
