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227 - Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Je…
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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Jean Demélier. Paris. 29 March 1967. Dear Sir, I have received your registered letter. I do not…...... Please find enclosed one thousand francs. Please do not send me any paintings, above all. I have nowhere left to put them. Thank you. S. Beckett. On card stock, in an envelope. Jean Demélier (1940–2023). A poet, writer and illustrator, he was Samuel Beckett’s first French biographer. According to him, he was one of Beckett’s closest friends: ‘I was the one who wrote the first essay about him in French; that’s how I came to know him. He was a tremendous friend, a tremendous benefactor to me, and until my last breath I shall remember him with tenderness and emotion…’
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About the sale SALE OF THE JEAN DEMELIER (1940–2023) STUDIO COLLECTION
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Auction time 07/09/2026 at 2:30 PM
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