CASSATT Mary (Mary Stevenson Cassatt, known as) [Pittsburgh, - Lot 183

CASSATT Mary (Mary Stevenson Cassatt, known as) [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1844 - Le Mesnil-Théribus, 1926], American painter and printmaker. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages in-8°. Mesnil-Beaufresne (oise); June 4. "Before leaving Paris last Thursday, I saw the exhibition of your uncle's bronzes. Mr. [?] told me that the great dancer has just been cast and that the result has exceeded even the hopes of Monsieur Hébrard [name partly scratched out]. They did not decide yet what one would do for the skirt, if that would be in tarlatan or in bronze. [...] The director of the Petit Palais told me the other day that an amateur was the other day that an amateur intended to give the whole series to his museum. The Petit Palais already owns 12 Courbets and your uncle had a cult following for Courbet. The director asked me if you would be willing to give something of your uncle's. your uncle. I gave a portrait of my sister. She loved France and I think it would have pleased her to have her portrait in a to have her portrait in a museum in Paris. I like to give more to the Petit Palais in Luxembourg".