HOSCHEDE MONET ALICE: (1844-1911) French artists' model, wife of the art collector Ernest ...

HOSCHEDE MONET ALICE: (1844-1911) French artists' model, wife of the art collector Ernest Hoschede and later of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. A.L.S., Alice, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (Poissy), n.d., to a friend, in French. Hoschede Monet announces 'Nous t'avions attendu hier toute la journee et j'ai ete bien etonne de vous que tu etais passe a Poissy sans t'arreter. J'espere que tu ne manqueras pas de venir avec qui tu le dis a la fin de la semaine car je crois que M. Monet doit revenir lundi ou Mardi' (Translation: 'We had been waiting for you all day yesterday and I was very surprised that you passed by Poissy without stopping. I hope you won't fail to come with whomever you say at the end of the week because I believe that Mr. Monet must return on Monday or Tuesday') and continues 'Je souhaite que toute tes belles esperances se realisent, mais n'ose y croire beaucoup! Marthe va mieux je crois elle a bien souffert tous ces jours......tous les enfants ne cessent de te demander et hier a chaque coup de sonnette ils se precipitaient esperant toujours te voir arriver. Enfin j'espere que cette fois tu ne manqueras par de venir pour moi.....Je ne puis aller a Paris etant absolument sans argent pour le moment' (Translation: 'I wish that all your beautiful hopes come true, but dare not believe it much! Marthe is better, I think she suffered a lot these days…..all the children keep asking for you and yesterday at each ring of the doorbell they rushed in, still hoping to see you arrive. Anyway, I hope that this time you won't fail to come for me…..I can't go to Paris, being absolutely without money for the moment'). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

Alice Hoschede Monet had six children by her marriage to Ernest Hoschede; Blanche (who married Claude Monet's son, Jean Monet, in 1897), Germaine, Suzanne, Marthe, Jean-Pierre and Jacques.