BLOOMFIELD Harry [, 1883 - , 1941], English painter. - Lot 163

BLOOMFIELD Harry [, 1883 - , 1941], English painter. 7 autograph letters signed, addressed to the art dealer Hector Brame. 1907-1913 ; 14 pages in-8° or in-12°. About his paintings and their payment. On October 5, 1908, he asks for the sending of a that he intends to complete in his Parisian studio: "I do not believe that any of the great I do not believe that any of the known great paintings begun in the open air have been finished in the open air. Shall I quote you Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe the grass of Manet, that of Monet", and if this painting is not yet finished it is because the children Brame had their ears pulled back to pose, but he thinks that a few short sessions will be enough to finish the will be enough to finish the painting. Three letters dated 1912 and 1913 concern the possible sale of a painting by Manet of a painting by Manet [Portrait of Chabrier according to a handwritten note on one of these letters] for which for which Bloomfield acted as intermediary, indicating the asking price: 9,000 francs. The deal not being done, he he will take back the painting and the drawings and return them to their owner.