Henri VEVER (1854–1942), jeweler and collector. One private - Lot 247

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Henri VEVER (1854–1942), jeweler and collector. One private - Lot 247
Henri VEVER (1854–1942), jeweler and collector. One private letter and four personal letters, Paris 1896–1920, most addressed to the publisher and art dealer Michel Manzi; 8 pages in various formats. On Japanese art. February 7, 1896. Acknowledgment of receipt from Manzi for the sale of three paintings by Degas for 21,000 francs. – January 15, 1901, thanking him for a “magnificent publication” [the first issue of the magazine *Les Modes*], featuring reproductions of his jewelry: “Never has anything been so splendid; never will anything be better. You have reached the pinnacle of perfection”… – January 19, 1909. He saw “some of your beautiful Japanese prints” at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. “One of them, in particular, made my heart leap. It is a large eagle of a powerful character. I am writing to beg you to sell me this beautiful piece, which I admired at your home some time ago. You will give me immense pleasure”… – Telegram expressing regret at being unable to attend dinner and requesting that she send him “the Hiroshige intended for my brother and the Sharakou with two heads.” February 18, 1920, to Mrs. Manzi, thanking her for sending a memento of her dear husband: “This print, in which the features of one of our friends are so wittily depicted, and with such a mischievous resemblance, will remind me both of the artist who engraved it and of the model who, in days gone by, used to liven up our little dinners among collectors and Japanophiles with his sharp-witted repartee”; it will take pride of place in her study.
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