Komponist (1888-1989). Portraitphotographie mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift auf der Bildseite. ohne Ort und Datum. 181 : 232 mm. Montiert auf stärkere Kartonage.
$ 804 / 750 €
(83540)
Hübsches Brustbild des Komponisten an seinem Klavier sitzend.
composer (1888-1989). 2 typed letter signed „Irving“. no place. Small-4to. 2 pp. Printed letterhead „IRVING BERLIN“.
$ 643 / 600 €
(93463)
Both letters to the American journalist, author, and dramatist Gene Fowler (1890-1960): „[…] I did a stretch in Hollywood for about three years and came back completely exhausted, so am trying to take it easy now. […]“ „[…] Harry Brand did thank me and explained your delay in replying to my note. [...] I, too, have been under the weather the past month, but with me it's usually a let-down after a seige of hard work in Hollywood. I once said to Irving Hoffman that I used to wonder where my next song hit was coming from and I worry where my next good night's sleep is coming from.
It's amazing how low you can get and how black the world can look when you don't feel weel regardless of what so-called material things may be staring you in the face […]“ - The second letter bears a very rushed signature..