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Lettre autographe inédite signée

Unpublished autograph letter signed

Dieppe 1er septembre 1885|22.40 x 17.70 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet

€6,000
⬨ 68398
Unpublished autograph letter signed

Dieppe | 1 September 1885 | 22.4 x 17.7 cm | one folded sheet under custom slipcase

Unpublished signed autograph letter from Edgar Degas to an unknown correspondent. 4 pages in black ink on one folded sheet. Central fold inherent to the way the letter was folded.his letter is presented in a chemise and case with paper boards decorated with abstract motifs, the spine of the chemise in green morocco, pastedowns and endpapers of green suede, slipcase signed by Thomas Boichot.
A handsome unpublished letter, testimony to Degas' other great passion after dance: song.he Parisian premiere of Ernest Rayer's Wagnerian opera Sigurd took place on 12 June 1885 at the Opera de Paris. Degas, overcome by the performance of the singer Rose Caron, saw the piece thirty-seven times: «I still love Sigurd and I like it more and more. I have never seen Reyer except once, in the street. And I made a point of telling him of the admiration it provoked in me far more immediately than in someone who, being neither maid nor washerwoman, was worthy of some consideration.» Degas paid homage to the beauty of Rose Caron in Sigurd by doing two drawings on fans, today in private hands in the US.Properly obsessed by this «admirable work that did [him] so much good, that [he] could not get over», the painter asked his famous neighbor to play him the score on the piano: «The young [Jacques-Emile] Blanche, our neighbor, plays it to me every day, in place of your wife.»he letter closes with a lyrical description of Mont-Saint-Michel, of which Degas had made several drawings: «Have you ever seen Mont-Saint-Michel? Could we go and spend a few days there together sometime? It's so pretty, so charming. In one month, I've been twice. The big tides at the end of September will take me back once more.»
Degas' passion for opera is the subject of an exhibition for the 350th birthday of the Paris Opera, open from 24 September 2019 to 19 January 2020 at the Musée d'Orsay.
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La première parisienne de l'opéra wagnérien Sigurd d'Ernest Reyer eut lieu le 12 juin 1885 à l'Opéra de Paris. Degas, subjugué par la prestation de la chanteuse Rose Caron vit la pièce à trente-sept reprises : « J'aime toujours Sigurd et je l'aime aussi de plus en plus. Je n'ai vu Reyer qu'une fois et dans la rue. Et je n'ai pas oublié de lui parler de l'admiration qu'il avait provoquée beaucoup plus immédiatement sur moi que sur une personne qui, pour être ni bonne, ni blanchisseuse, méritait quelque considération. » Degas rendit hommage à la beauté de Rose Caron dans Sigurd en réalisant deux dessins sur éventails, aujourd'hui en mains privées aux États-Unis.
Véritablement obsédé par cette « œuvre admirable qui [lui] fait tant de bien, qu['il] ne [peut] plus [s']en passer », le peintre réclame à son célèbre voisin de lui en interpréter la partition au piano : « Le jeune [Jacques-Emile] Blanche notre voisin me la joue tous les jours, à défaut de votre femme. »
La lettre s'achève sur une description lyrique du Mont Saint Michel, dont Degas fit plusieurs dessins : « Avez-vous jamais vu le Mont Saint Michel ? Pourrions-nous un jour y aller passer quelques jours ensemble  ? Que c'est beau, que c'est attachant. En un mois j'y suis allé deux fois. Les grandes marées de la fin de septembre vont m'y ramener une troisième. »
La passion de Degas pour l'opéra est retracée dans une exposition, en l'honneur du 350è anniversaire de l'Opéra de Paris, se déroulant du 24 septembre 2019 au 19 janvier 2020 au musée d'Orsay.

Bibliographical description of this copy

  • author:
    DEGAS Edgar
  • Place of publication:
    Dieppe
  • Year:
    1er septembre 1885
  • Dimensions:
    22.40 x 17.70 cm
Réf : 68398|€6,000
Edgar DEGAS • Unpublished autograph letter signed • Lettre autographe inédite signée • Autograph • 1885
Edgar DEGAS • Unpublished autograph letter signed • Lettre autographe inédite signée • Autograph • 1885
Edgar DEGAS • Unpublished autograph letter signed • Lettre autographe inédite signée • Autograph • 1885
Edgar DEGAS • Unpublished autograph letter signed • Lettre autographe inédite signée • Autograph • 1885
€6,000
⬨ 68398

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