RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

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Boasting almost 1,000 lots, RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a robust literature section that includes autographs from authors across the ages—from Goethe to Kafka to Hemingway, a wide assortment of great writers and literary movements are represented. Other highlights in the sale include an important letter by Stephen Hawking, an extremely rare Mao Zedong autograph, a fully signed Led Zeppelin album, a wise autograph quote by Albert Einstein, and a letter by Thomas Jefferson on a political economics textbook. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in September 2019.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Eugene Delacroix426 - Eugene Delacroix
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ALS in French, signed “Eug. Delacroix,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date. Letter declaring that he is no longer part of an art jury, in part (translated):
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Tsuguharu Foujita427 - Tsuguharu Foujita
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ALS in French, signed “Foujita,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, May 1, 1951. Letter about a painting bought by the Museum of Modern A
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Juan Gris428 - Juan Gris
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ANS in French, signed “J. G.,” one page, 5.25 x 4.25, no date but annotated as received on May 14, 1918. Note concerning payment of artwork, in full (
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edward Hopper429 - Edward Hopper
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Signed book: Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition. NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Softcover, 9 x 7, 60 pages. Signed and inscribed on th
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Wassily Kandinsky430 - Wassily Kandinsky
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ALS in German, signed “Kandinsky,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 4, September 27, 1922. Letter written from the famed art school Bauhaus, w
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte431 - Rene Magritte
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ALS signed “RM,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, September 23, 1964. Letter to friend and poet Andre Bosmans, expressing dissatisfaction wi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso432 - Pablo Picasso
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Beautiful series of brush drawings by Picasso of seven identified male mouths (including his own) alongside the lipstick impressions of the female gue
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Rene Magritte433 - Rene Magritte
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ALS in French, signed “Magritte, 135 rue Esseghm, Jette-Bruxelles,” one page, 8.25 x 11, March 8, 1938. Letter to a gentleman, in full (translated):...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir434 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, April 30, 1900. Letter to the famous art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, in pa
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec435 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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ALS in French, signed “H-T-Lautrec,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Letter to friend and fellow artist Francois Gauzi, explaining a mix-up r
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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