Lot 231
Eliot (Valerie) 6 Typed Letters signed Valerie to Christopher Fry, 1994-96.
Hammer Price: £190
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***
Eliot (Valerie, literary executor and editor, wife of T.S. Eliot, 1926-2012) 6 Typed Letters signed Valerie to Christopher Fry, 8pp., 8vo, 3 Kensington Court Gardens, London, 1st September 1994 - 30th July 1996, concerning Sir Colin St John Wilson's attempt to acquire a copy of Epstein's bust of T.S. Eliot for The British Library, "Neither Fabers nor I will lend our TSEs for copying because we have a real fear of damage. Mine was a wedding present from Tom, is very dear to me, and a great comfort. Jacob himself told us never to lend it after arriving in a rage one day because several of his sculptures, which had been returned from an exhibition, were harmed in some way. Tom and I were so impressed by his anger that we decided on the spot never to let anyone borrow either the Epstein (or Gerald Kelly's portrait)", folds; and 3 others related, v.s., v.d. (9 pieces).
⁂ The bust of T.S. Eliot was bequeathed to the University of Kent after Valerie Eliot's death in 2012.
Christopher Fry (1907-2005), playwright.
Sir Colin St John Wilson (1922-2007), architect.
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***
Eliot (Valerie, literary executor and editor, wife of T.S. Eliot, 1926-2012) 6 Typed Letters signed Valerie to Christopher Fry, 8pp., 8vo, 3 Kensington Court Gardens, London, 1st September 1994 - 30th July 1996, concerning Sir Colin St John Wilson's attempt to acquire a copy of Epstein's bust of T.S. Eliot for The British Library, "Neither Fabers nor I will lend our TSEs for copying because we have a real fear of damage. Mine was a wedding present from Tom, is very dear to me, and a great comfort. Jacob himself told us never to lend it after arriving in a rage one day because several of his sculptures, which had been returned from an exhibition, were harmed in some way. Tom and I were so impressed by his anger that we decided on the spot never to let anyone borrow either the Epstein (or Gerald Kelly's portrait)", folds; and 3 others related, v.s., v.d. (9 pieces).
⁂ The bust of T.S. Eliot was bequeathed to the University of Kent after Valerie Eliot's death in 2012.
Christopher Fry (1907-2005), playwright.
Sir Colin St John Wilson (1922-2007), architect.
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