Lot 72
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Edith Piaf
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Edith Piaf

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Edith Piaf
An autograph letter, signed, to Mon petit bonhomme [probably her husband Jacques Pills], 28th August, 1955, the letter written in blue ballpoint pen in French on either side of a piece of Mocambo, 8588 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood 46, California headed stationery whilst on tour, Piaf reveals the extent of her popularity in America, when she explains how she's obliged to cut short her vacation to perform for the biggest farmer in the US at a party in Dallas full of fashion and TV people for a vast sum of money : ...les cow boys m'aimient bien il y aura la couture Française et toutes les televisions plus 4,000 dollars.. [Cowboys really like me. French fashion people and all TV networks and $4000], Piaf signs rather curiously ton hochet [Your teething ring who loves you...]2pp. and a black and white publicity postcard signed in black ink Cordialement Edith Piaf -- 5x3½in. (14.5x9.4cm.) (2)
Provenance
Ex lot 342 The Collection of George Cosmatos including autograph letters, manuscripts, music and film, Sotheby's, Bloomfield Place, London W1, Tuesday 31st March, 1998
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Lot Essay

Edith Piaf married French singer/songwriter Jacques Pills in 1952 first in a civil ceremony in Paris, then in a Catholic Church in New York with Marlene Dietrich as her bridesmaid. Their turbulent marriage ended in divorce the same year as this letter was written, 1955.

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