$35,000
An exceptional unpublished archive of forty seven letters to artist Ernest Tino Trova from St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., circa 1950, comprising 10 autographed letters signed ("E.P."), six autographed cards signed ("E.P."), one humorous drawing on a card signed ("E.P."), 30 typescript letters unsigned (10 with Dorothy Pound's autographed postscript [five signed ("D.P."), three signed ("Dorothy Pound"], two unsigned, most with original envelopes), and nine autographed addressed by Ezra Pound, along with photographs, additional correspondence from Dorothy Pound, Edith Hamilton, and Jaime de Angulo, and three original drawings (unsigned) attributed to Ernest Tino Trova [see below]. The letters between the modernist poet and critic, Ezra Pound, and the modern St. Louis-based artist, Ernest Tino Trova ("Tino"), are primarily political in nature and relate to the publication of Saint Louis: [Ernest Trova, 1950], which contained the following pieces: "Ezra Pound on gold, war, and national money"; "Ecrire franchement ce qu'ils pensent" [a translation of a letter from Remy de Gourmont to Pound]; Madox Ford at Rapallo : a conversation between Ford Madox Ford and Ezra Pound [translated by Olga Rudge]; A draft Bill of Rights adapted for the needs of Great Britain; As Sextant. The archive contains not only contributions of material for that issue, but also numerous tid-bits of advice from Pound to the young Trova, and correspondence regarding Pound's req Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
