An
on-going collection of mostly music and dance autographs by the famous
and not-so-famous.
Vera Zorina, glamorous dancing
star of "I Married An Angel" and "The Goldwin Follies," is pictured
above with her husband, George Balanchine, who is also her
ballet-director, after it was revealed today, January 15th, [1939] that
they had secretly wed. They are shown at their New York
home. The marriage was performed in Borough Hall, St. George,
Staten Island, N.Y., December 24, last. She is 22; Balanachine,
35. The revelation of the marriage was a distinct surprise to
those who thought the object of her affections was Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr., who was frequently seen in her company.
Anton
Dolin,
1904-1983
Sir Frederick Ashton, 1904-1988
Doris Eaton Travis, 1904-2010
Serge Lifar, 1905-1986
Agnes de Mille,
1905-1993
Jule Styne,
1905-1994
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975
Collection of autographs in alphabetical order by category.
BALLET & DANCE:
Diana Adams, 1926-1993. Sp, 8x10.
Maud Allen, 1873-1956. Sp, 4x6: "Greetings
from
Maud Allen."
Alicia Alonso, b.
1921.
Sp, 8x10. [1958] (See
photo
above.) [Lucia Chase and Oliver
Smith
present Ballet Theater, 8th Season.]
Alicia Alonso
Sp, 5x7. [1952] (See
photo
above.)
Nina Ananiashvili, b.
1963.
Unsigned 11x14 color photo, signed by the photographer Nina Alovert.
Sir Frederick Ashton,
1904-1988. Sp,
4x6. (See photo above.)
Fred
Astaire,
1899-1987. Signed vintage sepia-tone
portrait
photo, 5x7. (See photo above.)
Fred
Astaire. Signature
on a Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale 100-cent francs note.
[10-9-1941] Also on the note: Van
Heflin and Quentin Roosevelt. (See
reprod.
above.)
Altynai Asylmuratova, b. 1961. Sp, 7.5x 9.
"The
Rehearsal." (See photo above.) [Nina
Alovert
Photo]
George Balanchine, 1904-1983. Sp, 8x10.
George Balanchine
Youthful GB with an unknown dancer. Sp, 8 x
10.
(See photo above.)
George Balanchine, Alexandra Danilova, Harold Turner,
Thaddeus
Slavinsky, Thamar Gevergeva (Tamara Geva) & Michel Pavloff.
[London, 23.7.27]
George Balanchine, Tanaquil LeClerq, Melissa Hayden,
Diana
Adams, Todd Bolender, Herbert Bliss, Barbara
Milberg,
Barbara Fallis, Edwina Fontaine, John Mandia, Marian
Horosko, and Ronald Colton. Signatures
inside
1955 New York City Ballet Holland Festival program.
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
b.
1948, with Susan Jaffe.
Sp, 8x10. (See photo
above.)
[American Ballet Theater. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Artistic
Director.
Photo: Mira.
Eric Braun,
19??-1972.
Sp,
8x10: "For Barbara Ann ... "
Marilyn Burr Sp, 8x10. [Jack
Mitchell,
New York. The National Ballet. Frederic
Franklin
& Ben Stevenson, Directors. 2801 Connecticut Avenue,
Washington,
D.C. 20008.]
Fanny Cerrito, 1817-1909.
Als.
[Firenze 18 del 1834] (See reproduction above.)
Fanny Cerrito
Als. [Milano 11 Giugno 1839]
(See reproduction above.)
Fanny Cerrito Als w/ envelope to Monsieur Nestor
Roqueplan,
Directeur de L'Opéra Imperial.. [Wien 20 Mars
1853]
(See reproduction above.)
Lucia
Chase, 1907-1986. Sp, 8x10: "To Violet,
Sincerely,
Lucia Chase." (See photo
above.)
Yvette Chauviré, b. 1917. Sp, 4.5x
6.5.
"For Miss Mary - Le Cygne."
Merce Cunningham, b.
1919. Sp,
8x10. [Photo:
Terry
Stevenson]
(See
photo
above.)
Jacques D'Amboise, Allegra Kent, Francisco Moncion,
Melissa
Hayden, Patricia Wilde, Nicholas Magallanes, & Andre
Eglevsky. Signatures in booklet, "Paul Szilard
presents
New York City Ballet."
Alexandra Danilova, 1903-1997. Sp, 4.5x.3.5
portrait.
Alexandra Danilova
Sp, 8x10: "Blue Danube, 1955."
[Constantine
Photo]
Alexandra Danilova
Sp, 8x10: "To Bernard ..." [Maurice
Seymour
Photo] (See photo above.)
Agnes de Mille,
1905-1993. Sp, 8x10.
(See photo
above.)
Natalia Dudinskaya,
1912-2003. Sp, 3,5x 5.5.
Portrait - frontal view.
[12
II
1987 (?)] (See
photo above.)
Natalia Dudinskaya
Sp, 3.5x 5.5. Portrait - side view.
[15
XII
1962 (?)]
Natalia Dudinskaya
Sp, 5.5x 6.5. Full side view, en pointe. (See
reproduction above.)
Isadora Duncan,
1877-1927. Als, "Je
suis à Rome ..."
(See photo
above.)
Anton Dolin, 1904-1983. Als. [Nov. 12,
1943] (See
reprod.
above.)
Fanny Elssler,
1810-1884.
Als on both sides of her personal calling card. (See
reprod.
above.)
Suzanne
Farrell, b. 1945. Sp, 8x10
in costume.
(See photo above.)
Suzanne
Farrell. Sp, 8x10 portrait.
(See photo above.)
Michel
Fokine, 1880-1942. Als.
"Enclosed
herewith you will find my debt to the amount of ..."
Margot Fonteyn, 1919-1991, and Robert Helpmann,
1909-1986.
Sp, 6x8, signed by both.
Margot Fonteyn. Sp, with Rudolph Nureyev, 7x9.
(See photo above.) [S. Hurok
presents
The Royal Ballet. Director, Frederick Ashton. "Paradise
Lost."]
Carla Fracci, b.
1936,
and Erik Bruhn,
1928-1986.
Sp, 5x7, signed by both.
Carla Fracci Sp, 5x7: "A Mary ...
Cordialitá ... Carla Fracci."
Carla Fracci
Sp, 4x6: "Alla cara Mary, Carla Fracci, 1963."
Carla Fracci
Sp, 5x7.
Carla Fracci
Sp, 8x10. "Per Mary ..." [Photo:
Jack
Mitchell, NYC] (See photo above.)
Carla Fracci Sp, 11x14.
Loie Fuller, 1862-1928. Aqs, 6.5x 8: "Every
sorrow
hast its twin joy." [1888]
Tamara Geva, 1908-1997. Sp, 5x7
portrait. (See photo above.)
Alexander Godunov,
1949-1995.
Sp,
8x10: "To
Joseph!"
(See photo above.)
Martha Graham, 1894-1991. Als 1
page, back-to-back:
"Dear Vera --- Forgive me not writing sooner. I think of you
often,
even when I do not wear the lovely dresses ... " [May 23, 1961; on Tel
Aviv
hotel stationary.] (See
reprod. above.)
Martha
Graham
Sp in Dance Index: "The
Recent
Theater of Martha Graham," by Robert Horan. Dance Index-Ballet
Caravan,
Inc. New York, NY. Vol. VI, No. 1 January 1947. (See
reprod.
above.)
Beryl
Grey, b. 1927. Sp, 4x6: "To Charles ... Best
wishes
... Beryl Grey." [Carmen reproducciones fotograficas
de
alta calidad.]
Beryl
Grey
Sp, 6.5x 9. (See photo above.) [Houston
Rogers]
Carlotta
Grisi, 1819-1899. Als. [19
Janvier
1849]
Melissa Hayden,
1923-2006.
Sp, 8x10.
(See photo above.)
Melissa Hayden.
Sp, 8x10: With my very
Best
wishes ... Melissa Hayden 1973!
Rosella
Hightower, b. 1920.
Sp, 8x10.
(See photo above.)
Harriet
Hocter, 1903-1977.
Sp, 8x10: "To
Carolyn with best wishes and love from Harriet."
Doris Humphrey, 1895-1958. Sp, 8x10:
"To
Wm. E. Smith ... Sincerely ... Doris Humphrey." (See photo above.)
Judith
Jamison
Sp, 8x10: "Facets" [Photo: Jack
Mitchell
The Alvin Ailey American
Dance
Theater, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036]
Zizi
Jeanmaire, b. 1924. Sp, 8x10.
[Samuel
Goldwin presents "Hans Christian Andersen."] (See
photo above.)
Tamara Karsavina,
1885-1978. Sp, 6x8.
Tamara Karsavina.
Sp, 7x11: "À Maurice Luis Albert. T. Karsavina, 1913, Buenos
Aires."
(See photo above.)
Nora Kaye, 1920-1987. Sp, 8x10.
"To Barbara
..." [Maurice Seymour Photo]
(See photo
above.)
Gene
Kelly, 1912-1996, and Bing Crosby,
1903-1977.
Signed 1934 ten-dollar bill. (See
reprod.
above.)
Allegra Kent, b.
1937.
Als w/
envelope.
"This card was created by our wonderful friend. She has pictured
me
as a water worm ..." [Postmark:
Oct.
23, 2003]
Lincoln Kirstein, 1907-1996. Tls.
"I very much
regret the story that appeared in Variety."
[October
15, 1953] (See reprod. above.)
Ruth Ann Koesun.
Sp, 8x10. [Photo: Sedge LeBlanc]
"To
Barbara
Ann ... "
Nathalie Krassovska, 1918-2005. Sp, 4x6: "For Maria de Benedictes
...
Nathalie Krassovska." (See photo
above.)
Jirí
Kylián, b.
1947.
Als w/ envelope: "... You
must
be a happy man! Certainly you are a lucky one ... "
(See reprod. above.)
Jirí
Kylián. Als w/
envelope:
"... you are a poet ... " (See
reprod.
above.)
Tanaquil
LeClercq, 1929-2000. Sp, 8x10: "To Mary - All
best
wishes - Tanaquil Le Clercq." (See
photo
above.)
Tanaquil
LeClercq
Als w/ envelope. "Not so great being 'a beauty' I
would
imagine, you have it, then you loose it and you still have many years
to
live ... " [Postmark: April 3,
1989]
(See reprod. above.)
Tanaquil LeClercq
Unsigned
8x10 photo. "Jeux
d'enfants."
Tanaquil LeClercq
Unsigned
8x10 photo. (See
photo
above.)
Serge
Lifar, 1905-1986. Sp, 7x9.5 sepia tone
photo.
[1975] (See
reprod.
above.)
José Limón,
1908-1972. Sp, 8x10 photo with his
company. (See
reprod.
above.)
Natalia
Makarova,
b.
1940. Sp, 7.5x 9 (See
photo above.)
Natalia Makarova
Sp, 8x10
[W.
Reilly, 1975]
Vladimir Malakhov,
b.
1968. Sp, 3x5
(See reprod. above.)
Alicia Markova, 1910-2004. Sp, 3.5x5.25: in harem
costume
with Asian male partner. [Marion
Photo]
Alicia Markova & Anton Dolin,
1904-1983.
Sp, 3.5x5.25, signed by both.
[Constantine Photo]
Alicia Markova &
Anton
Dolin. Sp, 8x10. [Constantine
Photo]
(See
photo
above.)
Alicia Markova.
Sp,
8x10. [Maurice
Seymour Photo]
(See
photo
above.)
Alicia Markova.
Sp,
8x10. [Photo
Peter Fink]
(See
photo
above.)
Alicia
Markova.
Sp, 8x10: Headshot
portrait
of Markova and Dolin. [Maurice
Seymour Photo]
Alicia Markova.
Spc,
3.5x5.5. [Vintage
postcard:
This is a "real photograph."]
Leonide Massine,
1895-1979,
and Adolph Bolm, 1884-1951. Signatures: "Souvenir de
Leonide
Massine, 28/II 1910 (?) ... Souvenir de Adolph Bolm."
Ekaterina Maximova, b. 1939,
&
Vladimir Vassiliev. Program booklet signed by
both:
Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina: "Ballet LXX Temporada 1977."
Cleo
de Merode,
1875-1966.
Signed postcard photo of the dancer/actress. (See
reprod.
above.)
Cleo
de
Merode Spc. (See
reprod.
above.)
Cleo
de Merode Als. addressed
to
Anna della Winslow. [Paris le 8 Oct. 1906.]
"Chére
Mademoiselle, Comme c'est charmant è vous ..." SOLD.
Cleo de Merode
Spc. addressed to Anna della
Winslow.
[Paris ... June 29, 1910] "Chère Mademoiselle
Anna
Della ..." SOLD.
Cleo
de Merode Als. addressed
to
Anna della Winslow. [Budapest le 26 Dicembre
1910]
"Trés chére
Mademoiselle
Anna Della, ..." SOLD.
Cleo de Merode Als.
"Bonne Année" card addressed to Anna della Winslow. [Paris 21
Déc.
1920] "Chère Anna Della
..." SOLD.
Cleo de
Merode
Als. "Bonne
Année"
card addressed to Anna della Winslow. [Paris 27 Déc. 1927] "Ma
Chère
Anna Della ..." SOLD.
Cleo de Merode Als.
"Bonne Année" card
addressed
to Anna della Winslow. [Janvier 1946] "Ma trés chère Anna
Della
..." SOLD.
Cleo
de
Merode
Als. [Paris le
27 Janvier 1947.] "Ma bien chère Anna Della ... " SOLD.
Cleo de
Merode
Als. [Paris le
2
Avril 1947] "Ma bien chère Anna Della ... " SOLD.
Cleo de Merode Als. [Paris le
2
Avril 1948] "Ma bien chère Anna Della ... " SOLD.
Arthur
Mitchell, b. 1934. Signed
document of the founding of the ballet school at Dance Theater of
Harlem. (See
reprod.
above.)
Mary
Ellen Moylan, b. 1926. Sp,
5x7.
"Swan Lake."
Mary Ellen Moylan Sp, 8x10 and
Als. [Maurice Seymour Photo]
[Als,
June 13, 1948] (See
above;
photo only.)
Mary
Ellen Moylan Original watercolor signed: "Allegra
Kent
As Water Nymph I."
Mary Ellen Moylan Sp, 8x10
[Photo:
Walter Owen, New York]
"Demoiselle
de la Nuit as Agatha the White Cat."
Mary Ellen Moylan
Sp, 8x10 [Photo: Walter Owen, New
York] "Pas de
Quatre as Cerrito."
Mary Ellen Moylan
Sp, 8x10: "To a fellow artist, Jill ..." [Photo:
Walter
Owen, New York] "Black Swan."
Mary Ellen Moylan
Sp, 8x10 [Photo: Walter Owen, New
York] "Black Swan."
Mary Ellen Moylan Sp, 8x10: "To
Barbara
Ann ... " [Photo: Sedge LeBlanc]
(See
photo
above.)
Vaslav Nijinsky, 1888-1950. Unsigned 11x14 photo
of
VN seated next to a grand piano, reading a score.
[Photo:
Underwood & Underwood] (See photo
above.)
Rudolf Nureyev,
1838-1993. Spc, 5x 7. [Danseur
Étoile, Directeur de la Danse
de L'Opera de Paris. "Fête des fleur à Genzano."
Paris,
1974] A 60th birthday gift from my
ballet-mates.***
Sono Osato, b.
1919.
Sp, 7.5x 9.5. [To Mary ... with warm regards ... Sono
Osato]
(See photo
above.)
Merle
Park, b. 1937. Sp, 8x 9.5, with Rudolph
Nureyev.
[Dominic Photo]
Anna Pavlova, 1881-1931. Sp, 5x5.
Anna Pavlova.
Sp, 5.75x8: "With love ..." (See photo
above.)
Anna
Pavlova.
Sb, 11x13: "Anna Pavlova" by V. Sletloff. Limited edition of 300
copies
(this copy No. 177). Paris: M. de Brunoff,
1922.
SOLD
Nadezhda
Pavlova, b. 1956. Sp, 8x10. (See photo
above.) [ Photo: Mira
Armstrong]
Maria Petipa, 1936-1882. Als w/ wax
seal. "Mon Cher Monsieur Roqueplan ... il
m'arrive une catastrophe ..." [Paris le
9 Avril 1906 (?)]
Maya
Plisetskaya,
b. 1925. Sp, 8x10. (See photo
above.)
Maya
Plisetskaya Unsigned 6.5x 8.5 photo.
Tatiana Riabouchinska, 1917-2000.
Sp, 6x8: "With best regards, all my love, Tatiana
Riabouchinska." [Baron Studios]
Jerome
Robbins, 1918-1998. Spc of George Balanchine, Jerome
Robbins,
Ruthanna Boris, Anthony
Tudor,
and Todd Bolender.
Bill
"Bojangles"
Robinson, 1878-1949. Sp.
Ruth St. Denis,
1879-1968.
Sp, ca.
11x14.
(See photo above.)
Ruth St. Denis Als. [July 13,
1929]
"My dear Billy - Of course you will dance well!"
(See reprod. above.)
Ruth St. Denis & Ted Shawn. Sp, ca.
11x14:
signed by both.
Ted Shawn, 1891-1972. Tls - a gift from MEM.
"Dear
Keith Marvin: I do hope the new baby comes quickly and easily ...
"
[June 24th, 1957] (See reprod. above.)
Ted Shawn. Sp, ca.
9x12:
"To Joseph A Whitacre ... Cordially ... Ted Shawn." [Photo: Adair
Bros.
445 Wilcox Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.] (See photo
above.)
Ted Shawn.
Sp, ca. 8x10: "To Jimmy
with love from Shawn, July 7, 1959." (See photo
above.)
Moira Shearer,
1926-2006. Als. "Dearest Arnold
..." [Nov.
23rd] (See reprod. above.)
Moira
Shearer
Als. "Dearest Arnold ..." [March
4th] (See reprod. above.)
Moira
Shearer Spc.
"Arnold ..." [March
10] (See reprod. above.)
Moira
Shearer Spc.
"Dearest Arnold ..." [April
5th] (See reprod. above.)
Moira
Shearer Signed
contract. [June 1.
1977] (See reprod. above.)
Moira
Shearer Postcard with stamped
signature.
Antoinette
Sibley, b. 1939. Sp,
4x6.
(To Mary. With best wishes.) [Photo: Bill
Farley]
Antoinette Sibley Sp, 4x6. Swan
Lake.
[ Photo: Roy Round]
Antoinette Sibley
Sp, 4.5x 6. "Harlequin in April." [Photo: Houston
Rogers]
Antoinette Sibley Sp, 4.5x 6.
Portrait. (See photo above.)
[Photo: Houston
Rogers]
Antoinette Sibley
Sp, 3.5x 5.5. (See photo above, dancing.)
[Photo: Roy Round]
Antoinette Sibley
Portrait 8x10, unsigned.
(See photo above.)
[Photo: Zachary
Freyman]
Antoinette Sibley &
Anthony
Dowell. "Ballet Imperial." Sp,
4x6. [Photo: Houston
Rogers]
Irene Skorik, b.
1924. Sp, 4.5x 6.
Mia
Slavenska, 1914-2002. Sp, 8x10.
(See photo above.)
[Photo: Maurice
Seymour]
Mia
Slavenska Sp, 8x10. (See photo
above.)
Mia Slavenska
Slavenska
Franklin Ballet, program signed by both Mia and Frederic. [Season
1953-1954]
Marina Svetlova, b. 1922. Sp, 8x10.
[Photo:
Margaret Carson]
Filippo Taglioni,
1777-1871. Als to Frédéric Cuvillier in
Paris. [London. 30 June, 1837.]
Marie Taglioni,
1804-1884. Als on 3.5x 5 card.
[July 18, 1874] (See reproduction above.)
Marie
Taglioni
Als on 5x8 stationary
embossed
with her personal seal, MT. (See
reproduction above.)
Maria Tallchief, b. 1925. Als w/ envelope. [April
16,
1964] "As you know the casting around the New York
City
Ballet is rather bizarre ..." (See
reproduction above.)
Maria Tallchief Sp, 5x7.
Marjorie Tallchief, b. 1927, and George
Skibine,
b. 1920. Sp, 7x9, signed by both. [Photo
Lido] (See
reproduction above.)
Veronica
Tennant, b.
1946.
Unsigned 8x10 photo with
Rudolph
Nureyev. [S. Hurok presents
National
Ballet of Canada w/ Rudolph Nureyev. "Les Sylphides."]
Doris
Eaton Travis, 1904-2010. Sp,
8x10
Tamara
Toumanova, 1919-1996. Sp, 5x8: "To Mr. Wesley
Baleria
... Most sincerely ... Tamara Toumanova ... 1936." [Photo: Maurice
Seymour]
Tamara Toumanova Sp, 5x8: "To Barbara
Ann
...."
Tamara
Toumanova
Sp, 8x10 [1937] [Photo: Maurice
Seymour]
(See reproduction above.)
Gertrude
Tyven. Sp,
8x10:
"To Violet, Sincerely, Lucia Chase." [Constantine
Photo]
Galina Ulanova, 1910-1998. Unsigned 8x10 photo.
(See
reproduction
above.)
Galina Ulanova Sp, 8x10. [S. Hurok and
ANTA
present THE BOLSHOI BALLET.] (See
reproduction
above.)
Ninette de Valois, 1898-2001. Als: "Madam --- A
memoir
written by me some years ago ..." [April 16]
Ninette de Valois. Als: "Dear Mr. Bentley, I am
very
ashamed - ..."
Jan Veen,
1903-1967.
Als: "Season's greetings! Dear Bill ... "
Gwen
Verdon, 1925-2000. Sp, 8x10: "Best wishes, Anthony
..."
[Murray Korman, N.Y.] (See
reprod. above.)
Violette
Verdy, b. 1933. Sp, 7x9.5:
dancing
in living room. "To Mary, Love, Violette Verdy."
[Photo
LIMOT] (See
reprod.
above.)
Violette Verdy Sp, 7x9.5: dancing in
kitchen
... "With Best Wishes For Health! Violette Verdy."
[Photo
LIMOT] (See
reprod.
above.)
Violette
Verdy
Sp, 8x10. [American
Ballet
Theater. Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, Directors.] (See
reprod.
above.)
Violette
Verdy Als.
[Paris, December
10 1973] (See
reprod.
above.)
Auguste Vestris,
1760-1842. Als. (See
reprod.
above.)
Edward Villella, b.
1936. Sp, 8x10.
Carlotta
Zambelli, 1875-1968. Ads.
Vera Zorina, 1917-2003. Sp,
8x10.
(See photo, above.)
Vera Zorina.
Sp, 8x10: "To Arthur --- with best wishes --- Vera Zorina,
1942."
[Paramount Pictures Inc., © 1941]
(See
photo, above.)
Vera Zorina.
Sp, 7.5x13: Full length in costume, signed "To Ken Galente --- best
wishes
--- Vera Zorina." ["Zorina ... On Your Toes"
Photo:
MUKY Warner Bros.]
Vera
Zorina.
Sp, 13x8: Pas de deuax, signed "To Ken Galente --- Vera
Zorina."
[Photo: MUKY Warner Bros.]
Vera Zorina. Sp, 8x13.5: Full length in evening
dress,
signed "Sincerely --- Vera Zorina." [Photo: Coburn]
Vera
Zorina. Sp, 7x12: Full length in street clothes
and
bare feet in demi-pointe, signed "Best wishes --- Vera
Zorina."
[Acme Photo] (See
photo, above.)
Vera
Zorina. Sp, 7x11.5: Pas de deux, signed "Vera
Zorina." [Photo: MUKY Warner Bros.]
COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS:
Adolphe Adam, 1803-1856. Als on 4x5
stationary
embossed with his personal seal, AA. (See
reprod.
above.)
Georges Auric,
1899-1983. Als, envelope and calling
card. (See
reprod.
above.)
Ernest Ansermet,
1883-1969. Als: "Alas! I am terribly
sorry I cannot say I understand your music ..." [Geneva 23rd Dec.
67.] (See
reprod.
above.)
Milton Babbitt,
1916-2011.
Sp.
Milton Babbitt
Amqs from "String Quartet No. 2" (1954) on 8.5x11 sheet
music. (See
reproduction
above.)
Bela
Bartok,
1881-1945.
Signed program, 6x 8.5: Bela Bartok performs Mozart Piano Concerto in
C-minor,
K. 491. [Feb. 10,
1938]
(See reprod. above.)
Irving Berlin, 1888-1989. Amqs on 3x5 card.
(See
reprod.
above.)
Irving
Berlin Signature on a Bank of England ten-shilling
note. Also on the bill signatures by Dinah Shore, James (Jim)
Cagney, Lili Pons, etc.
Hector
Berlioz, 1803-1869, Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896), Fromental
Halévy (1799-1862), and many others.
Signed
petition, 8.5x 9.5. (See
reprod.
above.)
Arthur Bliss, 1891-1975. Als &
envelope:
"Dear Mr. Roest. I was much touched by your letter and grieved to
hear
of your accident ..." [July 13,
1962]
(See reprod. above.)
Ernest
Bloch, 1880-1959. Als: "I
have
no photographs, nor music available ..." [June 27,
1948]
(See reprod. above.)
Arrigo
Boito, 1842-1918. Als, 4.5x7. (See
reprod.
above.)
William Bolcom, b.
1938. Tls, 8.5x11. (See
reprod.
above.)
Benjamin Britten,
1913-1976.
Tls, 6x8. ["Dear Mr. Jenkins, I am afriad you have
already
heard from Mr. Scott Goddard ... 22nd August , 1945."]
(See
reprod.
above.)
John Cage, 1912-1992. One-dollar food coupon,
signed.
(See reprod. above.)
John Cage
A "double" signature on a 3x5 card.
(See reprod. above.)
John Cage Als on "note-o-gram" to Mr. Alessandro
De
Medici in Altoona, PA. [April 14, 1983]
John Cage
Als on "note-o-gram" about Boy Scouts. [Dec. 10,
1973] (See
reprod.
above.)
John
Cage Original ink drawing on beige letter-paper,
folded
in quarters, signed. (See
reprod.
above.)
John
Cage
Signed hard cover book, "Silence."
Elliott Carter, b.
1908. Tls, 7.5x10.5.
"Dear Mr. Giddy ..." (See
reproduction
above.)
Frédéric
Chopin, 1810-1849. Als 7.25 x 9.5 in French -
undated. NB: Authenticity disputed. (See
reprod.
above.)
Aaron Copland,
1900-1990.
Sp, 8 x10. (See photo above.)
Noel Coward,
1899-1973.
Sb, "Nude with Violin," a
play
by NC.
Henry Cowell,
1897-1965. Als.
(See
reprod.
above.)
George
Crumb, b.
1929.
Amqs on 4x6 card : "Five Pieces for Piano. Best wishes, George Crumb."
George Crumb.
Amqs on Univ. of Pennsylvania
stationary: "... from
Echoes of Time and the River, 1967. Best wishes, George Crumb."
George Crumb. Amqs on Univ. of Pennsylvania
stationary: "Pastorale"
from Makrokosmos, Vol. 1. August,
1974.
(See reprod. above.)
Franco Donatoni,
1927-2000.
Amqs on 4x6 card : "per Wanda Schmitz, coi migliori
auguri."
(See reprod. above.)
Edward
Elgar, 1857-1934. Als, 8 x
10.5.
[March
16, 1930: "My dear E.V.L. Do you know a book Queer Books
by
Edmund Pearson ..."] (See reprod. above.)
Edward
Elgar. Als. 4.5 x 7. [Feb.
13] (See reprod. above.)
Gabriel
Fauré,
1845-1924.
Als, no date. (See
reprod.
above.)
Carlisle
Floyd, b.
1926. Tls. [December
8, 1969: Dear Mr. Giamboy ..." (See
reprod.
above.)
Arthur
Foote,
1853-1937.
Als, 5x8. [April 23. 1902] (See
reprod.
above.)
George
Gershwin, 1898-1937. Signed personal check for
$17.50.
[The National City Bank of
New
York, No. 861: May 2, 1931.] (See
reprod.
above.)
Alexander
Glazunov, 1865-1936. Signed full score to Max
Scilling.
(See reprod. above.)
Louis
Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869.
Als.
(See reprod. above.)
Glenn Gould, 1932-1982. Signed program,
6x9.
[1958] (See
reprod. above.)
Glenn
Gould.
Unsigned 8x10 photograph by Yousuf Karsh. (See
photo,
above.)
Glenn
Gould. Tls plus a hand-written postscript:
"P.S. I am sending for the Cohen
family library my newly issued recording of the 3rd Beethoven concerto
which
I did with Bernstein last year ." [March 21, 1960.] (See
reprod. above.)
Morton Gould, 1913-1996. Amqs, 5x8: 2nd movt. 3rd
Symphony.
[9/17/1994]
Johnny Green, 1908-1989. Amqs, 3.5x7.5:
“Body
and
Soul." [July, 1979]
John Harbison, b.
1938. Several als to TOL. (See
reprod.
above.)
Paul Hindemith,
1895-1963.
Als, undated. (See reprod. above.)
Hans Werner Henze,
b. 1926. Signed program.
(See
reprod. above.)
Arthur
Honneger,
1892-1955. Tls in French. [Paris, le
30
mars 1939] (See
reprod.
above.)
Gustav Holst, 1874-1934. Als on a postcard.
(See
reprod.
above.)
Charles E. Ives, 1874-1954. Ds.
Arrow Music Press contract for Symphony No. 3,
8.5x11. [Nov, 9, 1946] (See
reprod.
above.)
Charles E. Ives Unsigned
first edition
of "Essays Before A Sonata." Knicker Bocker Press, NY, 1920. (See
footnote.)
Charles E. Ives Unsigned first edition second printing of "114 Songs."
C.E. Ives,
Redding,
Conn., 1922.
Mrs. Charles E. Ives
(Harmony Twitchell),
1876-1979.
Als, 6x7, 2 pp. [January 21, 1954] (See
reprod.
above.)
Al
Jolson,
1886-1950. Signature on dollar-bill.
(See
reprod.
above.)
Jerome Kern, 1885-1945. Ds.
Postal return
receipt, signed in pencil. (See
reprod.
above.)
Leon Kirchner, b.
1919.
Ds. "For Mark Gauthier in hope of a complete rehabilitation." [9.23.94]
Charles Koechlin,
1867-1950. Two-page als.
Fritz Kreisler,
1875-1962.
Als. (Gift from Amelia Rogers. See
reprod.
above.)
Erich Leinsdorf, 1912-1993. Sbk: "Cadenza: A
Musical
Career." [May 11, 1976] (Gift from Leah Knudson.)
Ruggiero Leoncavallo,
1857-1919.
Als, 4.5x 5.5, in French, 4 pp.
[Milan, 30 Septembre 1894]
Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
Signed 3.5x 5 vintage
postcard
photo of
the
entire RL family. Signed by all; RL even signed for the
dog!!! [4 Luglio 1913,
Montecitorio, Bella Vista.] (See photo
above.)
Jules
Massenet, (1842-1912). Amqs on a postcard photo
of JM. (See
reprod.
above.)
Jules Massenet.
Als, 4.25x7.
"Chère Madam ...." (See
reprod.
above.)
Olivier
Messiaen, 1908-1992. Signed booklet, "La Jeune
France,"
with Andrés Jolivet, Daniel Lesur and Yves
Baudrier.
(See reprod. above.)
Darius
Milhaud, 1892-1974. Tls in French. [Mills
College,
1er Février] "Mon cher
Ami,
J'asère que vous avez reçu la pertition de la musique ..."
(See reprod. above.)
Darius Milhaud.
Als, undated. "Ma
chere
Valentine ..." (See
reprod.
above.)
Joni
Mitchell, b. 1943. Slp. (See
reprod.,
above.)
Federico Mompou, 1893-1987. Amqs on 5x8
card.
(See
reproduction
above.)
David Oistrakh, 1908-1974.
Als, 6x8. (See
reproduction
above.)
Carl Orff, 1895-1982.
Als, 8x6. "Lieber Herr Dr. Decker ..."
[25.9.72] (See
reproduction above.)
Cole
Porter, 1891-1964. Signed bank check for
$2,550.00!!!
[The First National Bank of Peru: Dec. 5, 1927.]
(See reprod. above.)
Francis Poulenc,
1899-1963. Signed program.
(See
reproduction,
above.)
Sergei
Prokofiev,
1891-1953.
Als, 5x8: "Dear Mr. Brinton ... I was in the hotel when you came in
..."
[Oct. 27th, 1920] (See reprod., above.)
Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924. Spc, 3.5x
5.5.
[Feb. 15, 1904] (See reprod., above.)
Giacomo
Puccini.
Als: "Caro Tonino ..."
Maurice
Ravel, 1875-1937. Als on postcard (3.5x
5.5)
of Grand Canyon, addressed to Léon-Paul Fargue: "14/4/28 ... du
Grand
Canyon à Buffalo." (See reprod. above.)
Richard
Rodgers,
1902-1979. Sheet music signed: "The Sound of Music."
Richard
Rodgers Signed
cancelled check for
$9,050.00 to Milton Rindler & Co.
[Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Comapny, No. 983: February 14,
1979.] (See
reprod.
above.)
Richard
Rodgers Sp. (See
reprod.
above.)
Ned
Rorem, b.
1923. Postcard Tls to Nick Rossi.
[14 March 1970]
(See reprod. above.)
Carl
Ruggles,
1876-1971. Als on a postcard. [Postmark: June
25, 1930] Also als from Charlotte Ruggles.
[Postmark: Dec. 2, 1930]
(See reprod. above.)
Roger Sessions,
1896-1985. Als,
8.5x5.5. "Dear Mr. Simon ..." [Jan.
11, 1948]
(See reprod. above.)
Camille
Saint-Saëns,
1835-1921. Als. [Nov. 11, 1921]
(See reprod. above.)
Carlos
Salzedo,
1885-1961. Amqs. "Scintillation"
(1936) [December 24, 1938]
(See reprod. above.) NB:
no longer in my possession; I gave this artifact to Ina Zdorovetchi!!!
Pablo
de Sarasate,
1844-1908. Als. [25
avril, 1894]
(See reprod. above.) NB:
no longer in my possession; I gave this artifact to Irina Muresanu!!!
Arnold Schoenberg,
1874-1951;
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; Franz Lehar,
1870-1948;
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1874-1929; Arthur Schnitzler,
1862-1931;
Josef Marx, 1913-1978; Maria Jeritza, 1887-1982; Julius
Bittner,
1874-1939; Alfred Piccaver, 1884-1958; Felix Weingartner,
1863-1942;
Wilhelm Kienzl, 1857-1941, etc.: 20 signatures on a single sheet
of
paper.
Arnold
Schoenberg. Sd. (See
reprod.
above.)
Gunther
Schuller, b. 1925. Sp: "Best
wishes
for all the Allens - Gunther Schuller, Jan. 1973." (See
photo
above.)
Gunther
Schuller.
Typed 2-page letter
signed,
addressed to Dizzy Gillespie. [October 16, 1972] (See
reprod.
above.)
Gunther
Schuller.
Typed 3-page letter
signed,
addressed to TOL. [June 7, 1982] (See
reprod.
above.)
Robert Schumann,
1810-1856.
Als to
publisher
Johann Ambrosius Barth. [May 31, 1834] (See
reprod.
above.)
Dmitry Shostakovich,
1906-1975. Signature in green ink on 6" x 4.5"
card. [Dated: 1 X 1970] (See
reprod.
above.)
Dmitry
Shostakovich. Als. [19 VI 1965] (See
reprod.
above.)
Jean
Sibelius, 1865-1957. Tls, 7x9, in English.
"However
I regret to say that as I never published any composition for trio, I
consequently
can not recommend you anything." [Järvenpää, 28.3.36]
(See reprod. above).
Karlheinz Stockhausen,
1928-2007. Als.
[9.10.59]
(See
reprod.
above.)
Leopold Stokowski,
1882-1977. Tls to Sesac
Music.
[April 12, 1947]
(See
reprod.
above.)
Richard
Strauss, 1864-1949. Signed baggage-tag, 2.5x 5:
"Bad-Hotel
Verenahof & Ochsen, Baden." (See
reprod.
above.)
Richard
Strauss Als.
[Nov. 4, 1907]
Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971. Unsigned Arnold
Newman photo with Igor S. at the piano.
Igor Stravinsky Sp: examining score in recording
studio.
[To Mary E. Allen. Cordial greetings from Stravinsky. November
1957.]
Igor Stravinsky
Sb. New York Public Library catalogue, “Stravinsky and
Dance.”
[December
8, 1962]
Igor Stravinsky Sb. "Stravinsky:
A Complete Catalogue of his Published Works," Boosey & Hawkes,
London,
June 1957. [To Mary E. Allen.
With
best wishes. Sincerely, I. Stravinsky,
'58] (See
reprod.
above.)
Igor Stravinsky Sb. "Le
Médecin malgré lui" Opéra-comique en trois actes. Musique de
Ch. Gounod. Paroles de Jules Barbier et Michel
Carré. [Editions Musicales Economiques] [Janvier
1923, Paris] (See
reprod.
above.)
Igor Stravinsky Sp.
"To Mary E. Allen ..." [Nov./57] (See
reprod.
above.)
Jule
Styne,
1905-1994.
Sb: "Jule - The Story of Composer Jule Styne."
Jule Styne.
Tls. [November 28, 1962] (See
reprod.
above.)
Virgil
Thomson,
1896-1989.
Signed Paybill for The Broadway Theatre, April 21, 1952: "Four Saints
In
Three Acts." (See
reprod. above.)
Edgard Varèse,
1883-1965.
Als on aerogram.
[6 . XI /
50] (See
reprod.
above.)
Edgard Varèse.
Als on pc. (See
reprod.
above.)
Edgard Varèse.
Als, 8.5x11. "Chère
Amis ..." (See
reprod.
above.)
Ralph
Vaughan Williams,
1872-1958. Three-page als. (See
reprod.
above.)
Anton
Webern,
1883-1945. Als on postcard.
[December 11,
1928] (See
reprod.
above.)
Heitor
Villa-Lobos, 1881-1959. Signed score,
58pp.
"String Quartet No. 6," AMP, New York, 1948. Signed: "H.
Villa-Lobos,
New York, 28/8/50." (See
reprod.
above.)
William Walton,
1902-1983.
Als to a Major Piercy. [Sept. 24, 1943]
(See
reprod.
above.)
Yehudi Wyner, b.
1929.
Als to TOL. (See
reprod.
above.)
JAZZ ARTISTS:
Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971. Sp, 8x10:
"With
love ... Louis Armstrong."
Julian Cannonball Adderley,
1928-1975.
Sp, 8x10. (See
reprod.
above.) NB:
no longer in my possession: I gave it to jazz sax phenome Grace
Kelly.
Chet
Baker, 1929-1988. Signed LP, "In The Mood."
The Mariachi Brass featuring Chet Baker.
Chet
Baker. Signed receipt for gig with Charlie
Parker. (See
reprod.
above.)
Nat
King Cole, 1919-1965. Sp, 8x10.
Signed
by all three members of the King Cole Trio: "To Art Howard
...
Best wishes, King Cole Trio." (See
Maurice
Seymour photo above.)
John Coltrane, 1926-1967. Slp. Impulse
Stereo
A-10 LP of "Coltrane 'Live' at the Village Vanguard." Inside
cover, under B&W photo of J.C.
(See
reprod.
above.)
Paul Desmond, 1924-1977, and Dave
Brubeck,
b. 1920. Sp, 8x10. (See
reprod.
above.)
Duke
Ellington,
1899-1974.
Signed souvenir menu: The
Hurricane,
49th street at Broadway, New York.
Bill Evans, 1928-1980, and Art Farmer,
1928-1999.
Slp. United Artists Mono
UAL-4007
LP of "Modern Art, Art Farmer."
[Evans
signed
on the front cover, and Farmer on the back.] (See
reprod.,
above.)
Dave Frishberg, b.
1933.
Slp.
Omnisound Jazz LP of "The Dave Frishberg Songbook, Volume Two."
Stan Getz,
1927-1991.
Als (2) from Los Angeles County Jail to Jack Tracy, ed. of
Downbeat magazine. [Mar. 11 & 12, 1954]
S. Getz - 306000 Tank 14F - L.A. Co. Jail Wed.
"Dear Jack,
I have many things to say, excluding excuses, regrets
and promises. Promises from me at this point mean nothing.
Starting when I am released is when my actions will count.
What happened in Seattle was inevitable. Me coming to the end of
my rope. I shouldn't have been withdrawing myself from narcotics
while working and travelling. With the aid of barbituates I
thought I could do it. Seattle was the eighth day of the tour and
I could stand no more. (Stan, you said no excuses.) Going
into this drugstore I demanded some narcotics. I said I had a gun
(didn't). The lady behind the counter evidentally didn't believe
I had a gun so she told another customer. He, in turn took a look
at me and laughed, saying, "Lady he's kidding you. He has no
gun." I guess I didn't look the part. Having flopped at my
first "caper" (one of the terms I've learned up here), I left the store
and went to my hotel. When I was in my room I decided to call the
store and
apologize. In doing so the call was traced and my incarceration
followed. My "dope poisoning" was 60 grams of Tuinol [sic], a
long acting barbituate, that I swallowed en route to jail. I'd
had enough of me and my antics. When I came out of the coma 3
days later, with a breathing tube enserted [sic] in my trycea [sic],
realized
that the doctors at Harbor Haven County Hospital had other idea's
[sic]. God didn't want to kill me. This was his
warning. Next time Im [sic] sure he won't let me live. As I
lay there alive, not wanting to live, because of what I had done to my
loved ones and all the people who had tried to help me, the nurse came
in with a good many letters, telegrams and phone messages, all saying
the same thing. They told me not to despair, that they admired my
music, that I should pray as they were praying for me, and most
important, that they forgave me. I was never what you might call
a religious person, beyond being Bar-Miztvahed (confirmed in the Jewish
faith), but those people showed me that there is God, not above us but
here, on earth in the warm hearts of people. Jack, I realized
what I have done has hurt jazz music in general.
To say I'm sorry is not nearly enough. I can't blame what I've
done on the pressures of creative music in this country. Tell
this boy from Seattle that its [sic] pure and simple dengeneracy [sic]
of the mind, a lack of morals, personality shortcomings, that I have
and he doesn't. Tell him my estimate of user's [sic] in our
profession is roughly less than 5% and that the really good musicians
are to [sic] smart to mess with it, and don't need it anyway. I
have much more to write Jack but we are allowed only 3 pages a
day. Will try again tomorrow. My Best to you and yours,
Stan Getz
S. Getz - 306000 Tank 14F - L.A. Co. Jail Thurs.
Dear Jack,
Reading the article and attempting to write to you immediately
afterwards, was hasty on my part, as I was too upset to clarify my
feelings in an orderly way. I have always liked and trusted you,
so I'm leaving it in your hands to edit what I've told you and to put
it in the "Beat" for the kids to see and maybe learned from. I
forgot to mention that the attempted armed robbery charge was dropped
before I left Seattle and all I have to face up there now is the
addiction charge (mark on my arm, a misdemeanor). I'm doing 6
mos. here for the same thing and there is a good chance of getting
sentence suspended because I have a 3 yr. tail (probation) on me here
in L.A. I also forgot to tell you about the disc jockeys up
there. They were wonderful. And the people that came to see
me from all around Seattle. Kids I didn't know bringing flowers
and good wishes. I have misjudged people terribly, Jack. Do
you think if I straightened up and stay that way, I will have
a chance to undo this mess. All this that I've brought onto
myself has left me a sadder but much wiser man. It had to happen
this way as I've always been just thick enough to have to learn
everything the hard way. So, all for the best. I was lucky
enough to score for some of the works of Socrates and Plato up
here. That really is a "score" as Mickey Spillane is "prez"
around here. One of these wise men said something about
"Education by shock" and it showed me why the judge had really let me
have it (a first offense on my charge usually brings probation or 90
days at the most). He wanted this bust to do me some
good. I don't expect you to really believe me but the
"shock" treatment is just what was needed, in my case, anyway. By
the way I have something for the New Numbers column Feb. 19 - A
daughter 4 lbs. 6 oz's. a month prematurly [sic] to Mrs. Beverly
Getz. Father is Stan Getz former saxophonist now playing
1st mop with "Bicailuz' Bad Boys." Bicailuz is the sheriff
here Jack. It would be natural for me to record an original
called "Bicailuz Blues" when I "graduate."
I finally got to meet Charlie Emge a couple months ago and have found
him to be very nice. Since being sentenced, he has sent some
encouraging word's [sic] to me through this writer that visits
me. Most of the newspaper reporters have taken what I've said and
turned it around to what they're [sic] editors wanted. The result
was some very corny articles. I know you will take what I've told
you, as mixed up as it seems, and tell the people what I feel. If
for any reason you're not able to, I'll understand. Jack, thank
you for you [sic] time. I hope you can do something with
this. Sincerely yours, Stan Getz
P.S. Regards to B. Russo.
W.
C. Handy,
1873-1958.
Tls: "Dear Mr. Bob Whittemore, After receiving your very warm letter
...
" [Sept. 19, 1953]
Ahmad
Jamal, b.
1930.
Sp, 8x10.
Keith
Jarrett, b. 1945. Slp. Signed by
all
three members of the Keith Jarrett Trio: Keith Jarrett, Gary
Peacock
and Jack DeJohnette. (See
reprod.,
above.)
Thelonious Sphere Monk,
1917-1982.
Signed program with photo of TSM. (See
reprod.
above.)
Gerry
Mulligan, 1927-1996.
Slp:
"Gerry Mulligan Quartet." Fantasy
3-6.
Gerry Mulligan Sp, 7x9.5:
"To
John ... " with Art Farmer in the background. (See
reprod.
above.)
Anita
O’Day, b. 1919. Sp, 5x7. (See photo
above.)
Artie Shaw,
1910-2004. Extensive,
scathing 6-page als to a columnist from A. S. "Dear Jennie ...
however, you still remain a stinker!" [Aug, 23,
1943]
(See reprod. above.)
Art
Tatum,
1909-1956.
Signed box set of four 78's, "ART TATUM ... Piano
Impressions."
ARA Records, R-4500.
Sarah Vaughan, 1924-1990. Sp, 8x10.
NOTABLES & NOTORIOUS:
Carroll Baker, b. 1931. Sp, 8x10 color.
Gregory Corso,
1930-2001.
Als and envelope addressed to Jonathan Robbins: "Jonathan, come to S.F.
with Peggy - I be in better shape now - am on plane, after 6 mos in
Europe ... "
[Dec. 8, 1979] (See
reprod. above.)
Gregory Corso
Spc: photo of poet.
Gregory Corso
Ds: "Bomb," copyright 1958 by Gregory Corso. City
Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco 11, 25
cents.
Lord
Alfred Douglas,
1870-1945.
Als, two pages with envelope: "There is no more difficulty about
obtaining my poems ..." [Jan. 5, 1934] (See
reprod. above.)
Lord
Alfred Douglas Als,
undated: "I don't know exactly what you want but ... "
(Sold to
"Schubertiade.")
Audrey Hepburn, 1929-1993. Half-tone portrait
photo
from magazine, signed.
Audrey
Hepburn
Sp, 5x7: Roman Holiday
photo
... "Best wishes, Audrey Hepburn." (See photo
above.)
Audrey
Hepburn
Telegram with Als: "Dear
Mort.
As you had a finger in this ..., Audrey." [March 27,
1955]
(See reprod. above.)
John Haynes Holmes, 1879-1964. Als.
(See
reprod. above.)
Hedy Lamarr, 1913-2000. Spc, 4x6.
Sinclair Lewis,
1885-1951. Als: "... I probably shan't do another
preacher novel ..." (See
reprod. above.)
Clare
Booth Luce, 1903-1987. Sp, 8x10
B&W. (See
photo
above.)
Edna St. Vincent Millay,
1892-1950. Signed limited edition of "The King's
Henchman." Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1927.
Suzy
Parker, 1932-2003. Sp, 8x10 color.
Erica Rhodes, b.
1983. Sp, 8x10
B&W. (See
photo
above.)
Fred
M. Rogers, 1928-2003. Signed
"Small
World Enterprises, Inc." check for $1.00. [Mellon National Bank and
Trust,
No. 710: July 13, 1970] (See
photo
above.)
Claudia Schiffer, b. 1970. Sp, 8x10 color.
Barbra Streisand,
b.
1942. Sp, 8x10. (See
photo
above.)
Oscar Wilde,
1854-1900. Als: "Dear Mrs. Fenwick Miller
..." [Oct. 7, 1887] (See
reprod. above.)
VISUAL ARTISTS:
Thomas Hart Benton,
1889-1975.
Als on
postcard
of Florence, Italy, addressed to Mr. Leonard Lyons. (See
reprod.
above.)
Ruth Berhard,
1905-2006.
Sb: "Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Berhard." ©
1979
The Friends of Photography, Inc.
George Booth, b.
1926.
Sb: "Pussycats Need Love, Too."
George Booth Signed lithograph print, ca. 23x30:
'Maw
Maw' and the family, S.P.I. 1. [1982] (See reprod. above.)
Alexander Calder,
1898-1976.
Als in French: "Chers Miami et Georges ..." (See reprod. above.)
Joseph
Cornell, 1903-1972. Tls [3/30/52] addressed to
Mr.
George Wittenborn. (See
reprod.
above.)
Judy Dater, b.
1941.
Signed 11x14 photograph, "Imogen and Twinka."
Daniel Chester French,
1850-1931. Als [Aug. 26, 1910] addressed to Mrs.
Ward.
(See
reprod.
above.)
Rube Goldberg,
1883-1970.
Tls [Feb.
11,
1948]: "Dear Hermit ..." or Kermit? (See
reprod.
above.)
Edward Gorey,
1925-2000.
Signed books, including "The Gilded Bat," "The Utter Zoo," "The
Universal
Solvent," etc.
Edward Gorey Five "Figbash" prints, 5x7, signed.
Edward Gorey "The Fantod Pack," signed.
Edward Gorey Sp, 8x10 color photo: EG sitting
inside
box with cat on top. (See photo above.)
Philip Guston, 1913-1980. Magic marker drawing of
KKK-like figure and clock, signed.
(See photo above.) NB: Authenticity disputed.
Philip
Guston Signed ink
drawing [11x14] of multiple KKK-like figures in a
domestic
setting with boots, chairs, light bulb, clock, window and lamp
shade.
William
Steig,
1907-2003. Signed pen and ink, watercolor drawing
[ca.
7.5x10] of woman in blue hat and flower dress by a tree stump. "To Mary
Allen,
with love - Bill Steig." Plus bonus Als: "Dear Mary, Thank you so much
for
your birthday presents. The lovely note-pen holder will add a touch of
elegance
to my desk & encourage me to keep it less littered. As for the
candy
(how did you guess I had a sweet tooth?) I'm hesitating to break into
the
package for fear of doing it in too fast. ... " (See
reprod.
above.)
Key
to abbreviations:
Ads: autographed document
signed.
Als: autographed letter
signed.
Amqs: autograph musical quotation signed.
Ds: document signed.
Sb: signed book.
Slp: signed LP.
Sp: signed photograph.
Spc: signed postcard.
Tls: typed letter signed.
C. E. Ives, "Essays
Before
A Sonata," p. iii: "These
prefactory
essays were written by the composer for those who can't stand his
music---and
the music for those who can't stand his essays; to those who can't
stand
either, the whole is respectfully dedicated."
***
Aileen
Po, Ann Katan, Betty Hugh, Carolee Albrecht, Claudine Robertson, Diane
Toomey,
Doris Millan, Erin O'Malley, Katy Coughlin, David Kasman, Kay Onan,
Louise
Kittredge, Lynn Menegon, Marcia Matthysse, Rita Lee, Samia DeSimone,
Sandra
Roby, Sarah Heretz, Steven Matthysse, Stuart Rose, Varsha Kukafka,
Laura
Chapman, Kathy Hassinger, Norma Gahl, Roya Sayadi, Susan Brownsberger
and
Nancy Schofield. Thank you all!!!.
