Autograph letter signed ("JBail").
N. p. [Paris], 26. III. 1898.
8vo. 1p.
€ 220.00
To the academic painter and art critic Charles-Olivier Merson, announcing the completion of a painting for the Paris Salon and asking Merson to take a look at it: "Le tableau que je destine au Salon est terminé. Si il pouvait vous être agréable de venir le voir je serai chez moi le jeudi [...]".
If the painting mentioned in the letter is identical with the final Salon-piece it would be "Reflets de cuivre", one of Bail's typical genre paintings.
On mourning paper. With tears to the folds. Toned.