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Auction archive: Lot number 207

SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATYFive autograph letters signed from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 207

SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATYFive autograph letters signed from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATYFive autograph letters signed from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller Author: Pasta, James Place: Woodhaven, NY Publisher: Date: 1974-1979 Description: 5 ALs (of varying number of pages) from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller along with a photocopied brief memoir of Miller by Pasta. Pasta attended P.S. 85 with Miller in Brooklyn, and later got him a job at the office of the Brooklyn Park Commissioner, where he earned enough money for his passage to Paris. Pasta appeared as Tony Marella in Miller's Plexus & Nexus, and is referred to many times in Miller's notebooks of outlines for The Rosy Crucifixion. These letters were written when both men were in their eighties, with news of old acquaintances and comments on Miller's writing: "I have glanced thru Vol. 2 of 'Friends' - Henry, I think you are now beginning to show to the world the depth and warmth of your true self - your compassion and love for people and their struggles for a better and more fruitful life..." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine - an important set of letters. Item number: 196344

Auction archive: Lot number 207
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATYFive autograph letters signed from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller Author: Pasta, James Place: Woodhaven, NY Publisher: Date: 1974-1979 Description: 5 ALs (of varying number of pages) from Jimmy Pasta to his childhood friend, Henry Miller along with a photocopied brief memoir of Miller by Pasta. Pasta attended P.S. 85 with Miller in Brooklyn, and later got him a job at the office of the Brooklyn Park Commissioner, where he earned enough money for his passage to Paris. Pasta appeared as Tony Marella in Miller's Plexus & Nexus, and is referred to many times in Miller's notebooks of outlines for The Rosy Crucifixion. These letters were written when both men were in their eighties, with news of old acquaintances and comments on Miller's writing: "I have glanced thru Vol. 2 of 'Friends' - Henry, I think you are now beginning to show to the world the depth and warmth of your true self - your compassion and love for people and their struggles for a better and more fruitful life..." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine - an important set of letters. Item number: 196344

Auction archive: Lot number 207
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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