ALS in French, signed "C. Pissarro," five pages on adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 14, 1888. Handwritten letter to his wife, Julie Vellay, sending her a hundred francs. In part (translated): "I will receive the rest at the end of the exhibition…I still hope to place a small painting of 400F which will allow us to wait for Durand who apparently is doing very well in New York.—I know that all this will not console you for the inconvenience we feel, but my dear little wife, you will take into consideration the efforts we are making…I think of you and our children every time I consider the future."
He comments on his son, Lucien: "So far his newspaper business is holding up well.—As for the drawings which were used to make the wood, which Dumas is asking for again, I have taken information: we only owe the wood to the publisher unless there are special agreements, but the publisher, being the strongest with the capital, can send you packing, take the bread out of your mouth." In fine condition.
Celebrated art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel was the most important commercial advocate of the Impressionists, representing the likes of Degas, Monet, Manet, and Renoir along with Pissarro. A desirable, boldly penned letter with direct relation to Pissarro's artwork.
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