Vittorio Rieti; Nicolas Nabokov

Autograph Letter Signed by Vittorio Rieti and Nicolas Nabokov - 1950s

1950s

A Night Walk – A.L.S. is a lot of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian during the year 1949. Excellent condition, includ...

These are Autographs Letter Signed by Nicolas Nabokov to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Paris, June 18th 1962 . On letterhead paper " Nicolas Nabokov , Paris" Rome, February 6th 1963. On letterhead paper " American Academy in Rome". In French. One page, sigle-sided. Excellent condition: As good as New. With original envelope included. The Russian-born composer never forgot to write to his mentor and patron of art A.L. Pecci Blunt, with each kind of request, mainly asking to meet her. Collect or present this unique pieces of the Russian master, as if it was a holy relic! Background: During the Fifties, Nicolas Nabokov became General Secretaryof the newly formed Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), backed by the CIA, and remained in the job for more than fifteen years, organizing music and cultural festivals, and was musical director of the American Academy in Rome (Villino Aurelia, Porta S. Pancrazio). Nicolas Nabokov (Russia 1903 –1978) The Russian-born composer and cultural figure, was the first cousin of the talented writer of "Speaks Memory", Vladimir Nabokov...

This is a set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian, 1953. Excellent condition, includi...

Living from Writing is the main content of this Autograph Letter Signed by Eugenio Galvano to Mino Maccari. Tourin, June 20th 1949. In Italian. One page, double-sided. On letterhead...

Rare historical document: handwritten letter signed in 1786 by José Moñino y Redondo, better known as the Count of Floridablanca, a prominent 18th-century Spanish political figure an...

Presenting a very important Teddy Roosevelt letter of January 1918. On ‘Sagamore Hill’ letterhead. Fully handwritten and personally signed by President...

Original Peter Gee (1932-2005) British envelope postmarked Dec 14, 1963 Envelope Sz: 11 3/4"H x 16 1/4"W Frame Sz: 15"H x 20"W w/ gilt bamboo frame Peter Gee (1932–2005) was a British-born artist and developer who spent most of his life living and working in New York City. He was active in the pop art movement of the 60s. Biography: Gee was born on July 23, 1932 in Leicestershire, England. He was interested in drawing as a child and worked as a graphic designer for the British army when he joined at the age of 18. By the end of the 50s, he had exhibited at the Denise Rene Gallery in Paris, where he lived briefly, and the Axiom Gallery in London. He came to the US in 1962. Throughout the 60s, Gee experienced a high degree of success as a pop artist in Manhattan. His work from this era has been collected by The Museum of Modern Art in both New York City and Kyoto, The Smithsonian and the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Gee exhibited with Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana for the "Word and Image" show in 1968 at the Museum of Modern Art. During this time, he was also teaching classes at the New School, the School of Visual Arts, and the Harvard Architectural School. Gee formed his close friendship with fashion designer Betsy Johnson...

Two one-page letters on Faber & Faber stationery, SIGNED by T. S. Eliot. The first, dated 1 December 1949 is double sided, 10 1/4 x 8 inches (266 x 204 mm) in envelope 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (110 x 133 mm). The second is dated 23 August 1950, one sided, 8 x 6 7.8 inches (204 x 174 mm) in envelope 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (110 x 133 mm). Typed in black and red ink, central vertical and horizontal folds, with no sign of wear. The accompanying envelopes show minor signs of wear and the back flap of the first envelope is partially torn. Fine. These two typewritten letters were addressed to Robert Cecil Bald (1901 – 1965), an Australian scholar of English Literature, who taught at Cornell University starting in 1937 and then at the University of Chicago from 1952 to 1965. They attest to a cordial exchange between a poet and a scholar, and the rich network of contacts that Eliot had both as an author and as the long-time editorial director at Faber & Faber in London (1925-1965). In the first letter, dated 1 December 1949 with a Cornell University address, Eliot declines an offer...