PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) Lot n° 1166

PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 19th May 1884, to Claude Monet ( 'Mon cher Monet'), in French. Pissarro writes, in full, 'Rien de nouveau l'affaire de Durand a evidemment ete remise ou modifiee comme je vous le pressentais - Durand est plus tranquille et m'a assure que je pouvais partir, comme bien vous pensez je retourneai a Eragny avec bien peu de ressources affronter les creancieres; au moins je travaillerai un peu' (Translation: 'Nothing new, Durand's case has obviously been postponed or modified as I suspected - Durand is calmer and has assured me that I can leave, as you can imagine I will return to Eragny with very few resources to face the creditors; at least I will be able to work a little'). A letter with good associations. VG Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French art dealer associated with the Impressionists, and the first to support Pissarro, Monet and Renoir.