82
(6pc) [FRENCH & AMERICAN AUTHORS]
Estimate:
$300 - $500
Sold
$180
Live Auction
Important Estates | March 30th & 31st
Category
Description
Six autograph letters and ephemera, including: ~ ALPHONSE DAUDET (French, 1840-1897), autograph note with inscription, signed ‘Alph. Daudet’, 1 page, in French, on Daudet’s calling card; ~ SIDONIE-GABRIELLE COLETTE (1873-1954), autograph letter, signed ‘Colette’, 2 pages, 8vo, n.d., in French, on blue paper, thanking her neighbors for a pot of flowers and mentioning she hasn’t been downstairs in 10 days, with English translation on verso; ~ (3pc) ANDRE MAUROIS (French, 1885-1967), two autograph letters (one typed), 1954, regarding copyright matters, and one inscribed title page (loose); and ~ THORNTON WILDER (American, 1897-1975), autograph postcard, signed ‘Thornton Wilder’, Munich, December, 1928, wishing a Merry Xmas to William Rankin Jr. and his family; all but the Maurois framed
overall: 8-1/2 x 15-1/2 in. (largest frame)
Provenance
The estate of J.D. McClatchy (1945-2018), American poet, librettist, literary critic, and former president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Stonington, CT