Erik SATIE. L.A.S., Paris June 15, 1893, to Georges Lefebvre; 2pages in-8 (slight split at fold). Unpublished letter from a shoeless musician. "Mon gros bonhomme. Do you have, in your library, a pair of shoes you no longer use? If so, would you be so kind as to drop them off at your concierge's, where I'll come and collect them [...] It is no longer for the drunkards of London's 35th arrondissement that your kindness is intended, but for the Goitreux de la Moselle. To tell the truth, it's more or less the same thing and the same work. I'm asking you this favor because I'm going to a publisher (Choudens) with whom I have an appointment, and it's impossible for me to take the three hundred and fifteen Goitreux de la Moselle in the pitiful state they're in at the moment. I thank you, I glorify you"... And he signs "Pour le président des Goitreux de la Moselle et des Infirmes du Poitou réunis aux Pauvres Ivrognes du 35e Arrondissement de Londres".
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€1,000 - €1,500
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€2,100
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Erik SATIE. L.A.S., Paris June 15, 1893, to Georges Lefebvre; 2pages in-8 (slight split at fold).
Unpublished letter from a shoeless musician.
"Mon gros bonhomme. Do you have, in your library, a pair of shoes you no longer use? If so, would you be so kind as to drop them off at your concierge's, where I'll come and collect them [...] It is no longer for the drunkards of London's 35th arrondissement that your kindness is intended, but for the Goitreux de la Moselle. To tell the truth, it's more or less the same thing and the same work. I'm asking you this favor because I'm going to a publisher (Choudens) with whom I have an appointment, and it's impossible for me to take the three hundred and fifteen Goitreux de la Moselle in the pitiful state they're in at the moment. I thank you, I glorify you"... And he signs "Pour le président des Goitreux de la Moselle et des Infirmes du Poitou réunis aux Pauvres Ivrognes du 35e Arrondissement de Londres".
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