Autograph letter signed to the painter Paul Mathey. Wednesday ; 3 pages in-8 °, split partly repaired with tape on the 4th white page.
Very beautiful letter from Degas, with a lot of character: "They treat me at Durand Ruel's and at home too, my dear Mathey, like a spoiled old child. I feel that I'm turning into that, that we
will
have to get old and pass away, and I feel as in a hurry for all things and impatient. I may show it too much. So thank you very much. You did not want to give in to my pusher the other day, who
wanted to be forgiven, and that I had scolded too much. And you offer me the drawing. I take it like a glutton. I will one day find an opportunity to return your kindness. Thank you for the
Menzel
(Adolph Von Menzel German painter). It is nibbled at and large all the same, with surprising strength and weight ... "