Jan 21, 2026 10:00 EST
The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection
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Monet quarrels with Renoir
The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection
MONET, CLAUDE
Three-page autograph letter signed with envelope, written in Monet's characteristic violet ink to the art critic Gustave Geffroy. Giverny: 16 May, [1888, from envelope postmark]. 7 x 4 1/2 inches (18 x 11.5 cm); written on a folded sheet of laid paper, together with the accompanying envelope. Usual folds, short tear into the text on the second page, the signature page rather light-toned and faded. Offered with a two-sided frame previously containing the letter, with a portrait and a translation.
A letter with exceptional content, written to Monet's friend and champion, the great art critic and journalist Gustave Geffroy. Monet writes indignantly of an exhibition mounted by "young Durand" (probably Joseph Durand-Ruel, who joined in the operation of the Durand-Ruel Gallery, together with his brothers, in about 1888, the date of this letter). A New York branch of the Gallery opened the same year. Monet states that Durand, in conjunction with Renoir, is promoting an exhibition of Monet's older work without authorization. He threatens to send a process server to have the works taken down, and worries that Rodin and Whistler have been told about the exhibition. The exhibition in question is likely the Exposition that ran for a month starting on May 25, with works by Boudin, Caillebotte, Lépine, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, and a few others. Monet was indeed not among that number.
Renoir was a lifelong friend of Monet, though they had their differences over the years, and a substantial degree of friction existed between them in 1890, two years after the present episode. That estrangement ended the following year.
$1,200 - $1,800
The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection
MONET, CLAUDE
Three-page autograph letter signed with envelope, written in Monet's characteristic violet ink to the art critic Gustave Geffroy. Giverny: 16 May, [1888, from envelope postmark]. 7 x 4 1/2 inches (18 x 11.5 cm); written on a folded sheet of laid paper, together with the accompanying envelope. Usual folds, short tear into the text on the second page, the signature page rather light-toned and faded. Offered with a two-sided frame previously containing the letter, with a portrait and a translation.
A letter with exceptional content, written to Monet's friend and champion, the great art critic and journalist Gustave Geffroy. Monet writes indignantly of an exhibition mounted by "young Durand" (probably Joseph Durand-Ruel, who joined in the operation of the Durand-Ruel Gallery, together with his brothers, in about 1888, the date of this letter). A New York branch of the Gallery opened the same year. Monet states that Durand, in conjunction with Renoir, is promoting an exhibition of Monet's older work without authorization. He threatens to send a process server to have the works taken down, and worries that Rodin and Whistler have been told about the exhibition. The exhibition in question is likely the Exposition that ran for a month starting on May 25, with works by Boudin, Caillebotte, Lépine, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, and a few others. Monet was indeed not among that number.
Renoir was a lifelong friend of Monet, though they had their differences over the years, and a substantial degree of friction existed between them in 1890, two years after the present episode. That estrangement ended the following year.
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Auction: The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection, Jan 21, 2026
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Auction of The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 10am
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Artwork, Furniture, Decorations, Silver, Books and More from the Best-Selling Mystery Novelist
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Contents of Her Elegant Duplex at 10 Gracie Square on Manhattan's Upper East Side
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle is honored to auction property from The Jane Stanton Hitchcock Collection, the best-selling mystery novelist whose incisive wit and keen social insight were shaped by her life in the rarified circles of New York and Washington society.
The landmark single-owner auction of artwork, furniture, decorations, silver, Asian works of art, books and more from her Manhattan duplex at 10 Gracie Square will take place on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 10am. This elegant residence was decorated over the years by three distinguished interior designers – Mark Hampton, Genevieve Faure and Bunny Williams. Additional property will be offered in select sales later this spring. The entire collection will be on view January 17 – 19.
Jewelry from Jane Stanton Hitchcock’s collection will be offered in the sales of Jewelry Online on January 20 and Fine Jewelry on January 22. Select pieces from her collection were featured in the sale of Important Jewelry on December 11.
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