Félix Ziem - Deux cartes lettres autographes signées à J. Guéry du Ministère de la Marine - 1901





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Two autograph letters by the French painter Félix Ziem from France, written in French, dated 1901, each measuring 13.8 x 10.6 cm, in very good condition, one signed by Félix Ziem and the other signed “ami.”
Description from the seller
Lot of two autographed letter cards (one signed with his name and the other signed "ami") by Félix Ziem, famous French painter of the Barbizon School.
Félix Ziem organizes a reception at his studio, inviting a third party, then tells him, in a second, more intimate note, of his illness while requesting his visit.
- Signed autograph letter card, dated May 29, 1901, addressed to J. Guéry.
Written in black ink on a pale green Bristol board reply card with a printed header "65, RUE LEPIC (PARIS-MONTMARTRE)", accompanied by its prepaid mailing envelope.
« 29 May 1901
Dear Sir
If you can pass on Friday 31st you cannot doubt the pleasure I will have in receiving you - I had come to shake your hand and I met the kind Mr. [Justet] to whom I beg you to convey the invitation as he has shown the same desire, from three to four o’clock I will be free.
With my sincerest sympathy
If prevented we will take another appointment. ? »
Dimensions: 13.8 x 10.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 1 page
- Manuscript autograph card, undated, addressed to J. Guéry.
Written in black ink on a pale green Bristol board reply card with a printed header "65, RUE LEPIC (PARIS-MONTMARTRE)", accompanied by its prepaid mailing envelope.
« Sunday -
I am very ill.
that I would like to see you,
friend. »
Dimensions: 13.8 x 10.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 1 page
Careful sending in a rigid and waterproof packaging.
- Félix Ziem, born February 25, 1821 in Beaune and died November 10, 1911 in Paris, is a French painter close to the Barbizon School, renowned for his seascapes and his landscapes of Venice and Constantinople. A painter linked to Orientalism, he is considered one of the precursors of Impressionism. Wikipedia
Seller's Story
Lot of two autographed letter cards (one signed with his name and the other signed "ami") by Félix Ziem, famous French painter of the Barbizon School.
Félix Ziem organizes a reception at his studio, inviting a third party, then tells him, in a second, more intimate note, of his illness while requesting his visit.
- Signed autograph letter card, dated May 29, 1901, addressed to J. Guéry.
Written in black ink on a pale green Bristol board reply card with a printed header "65, RUE LEPIC (PARIS-MONTMARTRE)", accompanied by its prepaid mailing envelope.
« 29 May 1901
Dear Sir
If you can pass on Friday 31st you cannot doubt the pleasure I will have in receiving you - I had come to shake your hand and I met the kind Mr. [Justet] to whom I beg you to convey the invitation as he has shown the same desire, from three to four o’clock I will be free.
With my sincerest sympathy
If prevented we will take another appointment. ? »
Dimensions: 13.8 x 10.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 1 page
- Manuscript autograph card, undated, addressed to J. Guéry.
Written in black ink on a pale green Bristol board reply card with a printed header "65, RUE LEPIC (PARIS-MONTMARTRE)", accompanied by its prepaid mailing envelope.
« Sunday -
I am very ill.
that I would like to see you,
friend. »
Dimensions: 13.8 x 10.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 1 page
Careful sending in a rigid and waterproof packaging.
- Félix Ziem, born February 25, 1821 in Beaune and died November 10, 1911 in Paris, is a French painter close to the Barbizon School, renowned for his seascapes and his landscapes of Venice and Constantinople. A painter linked to Orientalism, he is considered one of the precursors of Impressionism. Wikipedia

