ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, no date. Handwritten letter to his wife, Julie Vellay, with family news concerning a possible journey to Marseille by Ruth Bensusan-Butt; she would be traveling instead of her sister, Camille's daughter-in-law, Esther Levi Bensusan, whom Pissarro had convinced to stay with her sick husband, Lucien Pissarro. In part (translated): "Esther wrote to you today to tell you she was leaving for Marseille. I persuaded Esther not to leave her husband, so we'll see about arranging this trip differently. Ruth will probably make the trip in her place. Don't bother going to Paris. Lucien is much better; he spent an hour on the terrace in the sun and felt very well. Goodbye, see you tomorrow." In fine condition, with the lower half of the signed page missing, but affecting none of the text or signature.
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