Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). L.A.S., Yainville Jumièges [1919?], to Henri-Gabriel Ibels; 4pages in-8 in violet ink, with red letterhead This letter is from Chez les Zoaques in Yainville Jumièges in the Seine-Inférieure. Letter with drawing about decorating his theater [Guitry is to take over the direction of Les Mathurins]. Guitry asks the draftsman Ibels to "find the autograph signatures I need for the frieze of my theater, which I'm opening in October" and to "have them enlarged, in two weeks, no more". He lists over twenty playwrights, from Racine and Corneille to Jules Renard. And he draws "the plan of the frieze", where the authors' names are inscribed in 5 medallions forming a sort of arch... Attached is a l.a.s. from puppeteer Robert Desarthis to Sacha Guitry (2p. in-4 on Théâtre du Luxembourg letterhead with vignette).
Estimate
€500 - €600
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). L.A.S., Yainville Jumièges [1919?], to Henri-Gabriel Ibels; 4pages in-8 in violet ink, with red letterhead This letter is from Chez les Zoaques in Yainville Jumièges in the Seine-Inférieure.
Letter with drawing about decorating his theater [Guitry is to take over the direction of Les Mathurins]. Guitry asks the draftsman Ibels to "find the autograph signatures I need for the frieze of my theater, which I'm opening in October" and to "have them enlarged, in two weeks, no more". He lists over twenty playwrights, from Racine and Corneille to Jules Renard. And he draws "the plan of the frieze", where the authors' names are inscribed in 5 medallions forming a sort of arch...
Attached is a l.a.s. from puppeteer Robert Desarthis to Sacha Guitry (2p. in-4 on Théâtre du Luxembourg letterhead with vignette).
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Tuesday 10 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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3, rue Favart
75002 Paris