$448
A group of five letters and notes, including one partial letter, all written by Edith Bouvier Beale (known as "Little Edie") to her friend Walter Newkirk. Beale became famous after starring in a film by the Maysles brothers, which documented the eccentricities of her and her mother while they lived in squalid conditions in a dilapidated mansion in East Hampton. The film Grey Gardens (Portrait, 1975) features Beale, the cousin of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, sharing political views and reminiscing with her mother about their former lives as socialites. The film is regularly featured in top 10 lists as one of the best documentaries ever made. It was later the inspiration for a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name as well as an Emmy Award - and Golden Globe-winning HBO film. Author and veteran publicist Newkirk first met Beale in 1976 when Grey Gardens was playing at The Paris Theatre in New York. He traveled to the Beale mansion to interview Beale for his college (Rutgers University) newspaper, The Daily Targum , and the two quickly became friends. In the correspondence, Beale discusses meeting and posing for Andy Warhol at The Factory; the Christo and Jeanne-Claude "Surrounded Islands" art installation; the Elián González affair; and the horrors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States. 11 by 6 inches, largest Categories: Edith Bouvier
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2015-12-16
