Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) and others

Autograph letter signed ('Evelyn') to Robin Campbell, Stinchcombe, 27 December 1945

成交价 GBP 1,386
估价
GBP 1,800 - GBP 2,500
Loading details
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) and others

Autograph letter signed ('Evelyn') to Robin Campbell, Stinchcombe, 27 December 1945

成交价 GBP 1,386
成交价 GBP 1,386
  • 详情
  • 相关文章
  • 更多来自
详情
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) and others
Autograph letter signed ('Evelyn') to Robin Campbell, Stinchcombe, 27 December 1945
with letters by Norton Nicholls (1741-1809): two autograph letters to his mother, Chateau D’Aubonne, 6 and 15 August 1771, including his reaction to the death of Thomas Gray; and Ted Hughes (1930-1998): autograph letter signed ('Ted') to Nicholas Grant, Devon, 8 May 1989; [And:] four drawings by Hughes, and a related printed item. Provenance: Sotheby's, 25 July 1975 and Christie's, 29 May 1986, lot 225.

Waugh offers his views on aesthetics and Picasso. Waugh defends a recent letter he wrote to The Times with a fierce attack on Picasso who, he claims, fails as an artist and is a symbol of decadence and the decline of Western civilisation – ‘the only criticisms valid for him are: "Ooh doesn’t it make you feel funny inside" or "the fellow’s a charlatan"' – including Gertrude Stein in his criticism (‘aesthetically in the same position as, theologically, a mortal-sinner who has put himself outside the world order of God’s mercy’). Ted Hughes encloses four drawings entitled 'The Candlestick', 'The Wolf Spitting Flames', 'God Clasping His Head' and 'The Bat' in a letter to Grant ,apologising ‘I’m afraid there are only four. Two or three others I tried weren’t getting anywhere so rather than delay – here are four, which I quite like’. In two letters to his mother, Nicholls first describes a trip to Switzerland: ‘here we lay amidst eternal snow [...] the sun shone bright & the weather was that of a fine sharp day in winter – before this we had seen the Glacier of Grindelwald’. Later, he writes on the death of Thomas Gray, lamenting that he has lost ‘all that was most dear to me in this World except yourself’ but reassuring her ‘you need not be alarmed for me, I am well, & not subject to emotions violent enough to endanger my health’, despite claiming, ‘at present I feel that I have lost half of myself’.

Robin Campbell, the future Director of Art of the Arts Council, believed that the letter Waugh had written for The Times was a hoax and had therefore written to his friend to confirm: the present letter is Waugh’s response.
荣誉呈献
Sophie MeadowsSenior Specialist
佳士得专家或会联络阁下,以商讨此拍品,又或于拍品状况于拍卖前有所改变时知会阁下。

相关文章

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

从左上起顺时针方向:珍罕百达翡丽“Aquanaut Luce ”系列不锈钢镶钻石英腕表,型号 5067A-013;珍罕亮面赤铁红色POROSUS鳄鱼皮30公分柏金包附18K白金及钻石配件,爱马仕,2020年;宝诗龙 Reflet Pompon系列腕表,型号WA026010;蒂芙尼工作室“小型海棠”台灯,约1910年制作;梵克雅宝独一无二钻石、红宝石及隐密式镶嵌蓝宝石“ruban mystérieux”可转换式项链;Dom Pérignon粉红香槟2006年
雅逸精品精彩拍品

佳士得2024佳节送礼指南

佳士得悉心甄选一系列来自拍卖及网上商店和私人洽购中的精美臻品,为您提供佳节礼赠灵感

页顶图片:
古典艺术专家指南

专家指南:圣经

科学及书籍部门专家Mark Wiltshire带领我们走进时间长河,探索基督教历史上影响最为深远的印刷书籍

更多来自
天才的字母表:重要书信及手稿
???-item_current_of_total_txt