ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page both sides, 4 x 5, May 19, 1884. Addressed from Paris, a handwritten letter to fellow painter Claude Monet, referencing the Impressionist art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. In part: "Nothing new. The business of Durand has obviously been postponed or modified as I had predicted to you. Durand is more at ease now and has assured me that I could leave. As you can imagine I will return to Eragny with very little money and to face my creditors. At least I will be able to work a little." In fine condition.
Paul Durand-Ruel was a prominent French art dealer associated with the Impressionists who represented the likes of Monet, Pissarro, Degas, Renoir, and Manet. This is a significant, early letter in which Pissarro relates his financial difficulties, forced to return home to Eragny "with very little money." It would be another decade before Impressionist works became popular with American collectors, at which time the hard work of Monet, Pissarro, and Durand-Ruel finally paid off.
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