Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

172 c   GOLDBERG, RUBE. Ink drawing Signed and Inscribed, “All good / wishes,” sketch showing a man balancing a lamp on his feet while doing a handstand, on a small card. 2½x3½ inches. With address panel from the original envelope, addressed in his hand to James A. Bowman. [New York], 8 October 1943 [200/300] 173 c   HASSAM, CHILDE. Autograph Note Signed, to an unnamed recipient: “Hassam published by T. Spencer Hutson Co, New York.” 1 page, short 8vo, personal stationery; marginal discoloration from prior matting, identification typed below signature, horizontal fold through signature (without loss), remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso. New York, 22 April 1931 [300/400] 174 c   KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE. Signature (“Kollwitz”) on holograph envelope, addressed to Hans Fingerhut. 3½x6 inches; faint scattered soiling, some closed tears in flap and at upper edge, remnants of prior mounting verso. Berlin, 27 June 1935 [from postmark] [100/200] “MY . . . EXPERIENCES OF WHISTLER . . . REMAIN AS A SORT OF DREAM” 175 c   LA FARGE, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, “Jno Lafarge,” to art critic Elisabeth Luther Cary, acknowledging that her book has been published [ The works of James McNeill Whistler , 1907], offering to meet and discuss his own experiences of Whistler, complaining of illness, and hoping for good news from her or her father. 2 pages, 8vo, personal stationery, written on separate sheets; short closed separations at horizontal folds, faint uneven toning. With the original envelope. New York, 17 January 1907 [300/400] “‘I see by the newspapers’—to use the usual phrase—that a book ab’t Whistler has been carried out by you. . . . “I want . . . to tell you my fine experiences of Whistler, which remain as a sort of dream, & which I hate to think of as not told—not that there’s anything in them except what there was—the poetry—fool poetry perhaps—but a charm. . . .” 176 c   LIPCHITZ, JACQUES. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, “Lipchitz,” to “Dear Sir,” in French: “Thank you for your good letter. Unfortunately, I do not have a photograph on hand, but I send you these words with pleasure.” 1 page, 4to; horizontal folds. Np, 4 May 1943 [100/200] 172 (actual size)