French painter (1839-1906). Autograph letter signed ("Paul Cézanne"). Mennecy, Hôtel de la Belle Etoile. 8vo (208 x 130 mm). 2 pp. on a single sheet of squared paper. In French.
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To Émile Solari ("Mon cher Solari"), suggesting a quick meeting in Paris, where the artist will stop for one day before continuing on his way to Aix-en-Provence: "Ce départ s'effectuera selon toute probabilité, dans la nuit de lundi 31 Mai au 1er Juin, si Dieu veut. Samedi 29 du Ct. j'irai à Paris, si vous êtes libre, et que vous désiriez que nous nous revoyions avant mon départ, veuillez vous trouver au 73 de la rue St. Lazare, à l'heure convenue". The address is that where Cézanne was known to live in Paris during 1897.
- Émile Solari (born 1873) was the son of Cézanne's childhood friend, the sculptor Philippe Solari (1840-1906), who named him after another of his close friends, the author Émile Zola (1840-1902). During his lifetime Philippe produced two sculptures of Cézanne, one from memory, known as "Cézanne rêveur" (ca. 1905, today preserved at the Musée Granet), the other from life in Cézanne's studio in Aix..