A LETTER FROM RENOIR TO ALINE DESCRIBING THE SEASHORE WHERE HE IS PAINTING. THE RENOIR COLLECTION. ...

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A LETTER FROM RENOIR TO ALINE DESCRIBING THE SEASHORE WHERE HE IS PAINTING

THE RENOIR COLLECTION

Autograph letter, two pages [one sheet folded, two pages blank], Renoir describes the seashore where he is painting and its similarities to other Mediterranean shorelines he painted previously. He notes that the rocks and sea are ochre in the sun... the wind brought a bunch of pitiless little bugs which are sticking to the canvas. In the postscript he relays having twelve courses at each meal and opines that one should eat at noon, not at 1:00 because someone is always late. He describes the wife of a Russian as agreeably intelligent with a face like a chimpanzee.

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