Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Benjamin-Constant, Jean-Joseph

French painter and etcher (1845-1902). Autograph lettercard signed ("Benj. Constant"). "59, Rue Ampère" [Paris]. Oblong 12mo (139 x 91 mm). 4 lines.
$ 761 / 650 € (45006/BN31078)

Interesting letter to the academic painter and art critic Charles-Olivier Merson, asserting that he as "nothing to exhibit" and that he doesn't want to participate in exhibitions in the province anymore: "Je n'a rien a exposer et ne veux plus exposer en province". - Merson was the curator for paintings at the Exposition de Bordeaux. - On mourning paper with printed letterhead. Well preserved.

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