Lot n° 61
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Set of letters relating the creation of the... - Lot 61 - Boulogne enchères
Set of letters relating the creation of the monument to General Faidherbe, place Richebé in Lille including:
GUSTAVE ADOLPHE CRANCK, sculptor
Autograph letter signed to Monsieur Mongy, November 10, 1889
3 pages
(later annotation in pencil)
The sculptor opposes the planned competition for the monument to General Faidherbe and submits his sketch to the monument's creation committee.
"Your sympathetic disposition for the monument project [...]".
MAURICE LEBLANC, sculptor
Autograph letter signed and addressed to the Mayor of Lille, November 20, 1889
1 page 18 × 11 cm
(later annotation in pencil)
The artist proposes to the mayor a model for a monument to General Faidherbe as part of a possible competition.
ANTONIN MERCIER, sculptor
Autograph letter signed, November 17, 1895
4 pages 17 × 12 cm (later annotation in pencil)
Charged with creating the sculpture for the monument to General Faidherbe following the competition, the sculptor asks the president of the commission for a second instalment due to him, and details the conditions for creating the sculpture.
PAUL PUJOL, architect
Autograph letter signed, July 15, 1896
1 page 16 × 12 cm
In charge of the pedestal for the monument to General Faidherbe, the architect corrects an error of scale on a submitted drawing and requests the date of the inauguration, which is to take place on the following October 25.
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