Adolphe Léon Willette SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER The Golden Age, and small papers

  
Adolphe Léon Willette - SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO Jules Roques, "The Golden Age" and small papers. Signed autograph letter to Jules Roques, Director of the French mail. Two newspaper articles from the time of Willette's death in 1926 are attached, as well as a beautiful card from a collector with a press photo on the back. My dear Roques, I learn from the newspapers that my little shadow play "The Golden Age," usually performed at the Chat Noir, is being represented in plastic poses at the Café des Décadents.

I come to ask you to publish my statement that this was done without my knowledge and permission. Yours sincerely and thank you. "The Golden Age," a shadow play by Willette, was published in 1893 and performed during that same period at the Chat Noir and then at the Café des Décadents. Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.4 cm.

Condition: See photos for more details. Number of pages: 1 page. Adolphe Léon Willette, born on July 30, 1857 in Châlons-sur-Marne and died on February 4, 1926 in Paris, was a French painter, illustrator, poster artist, lithographer and caricaturist. Autograph letters, old papers, ancient books, photographs, engravings, stamps... We appraise and/or purchase in all of France your letters, collections of letters and ancient books. Careful shipping in a rigid and waterproof package within three days. Allow for the usual postal delays. If you are not completely satisfied, return at the seller's expense for Europe. Buyer's responsibility for the rest of the world.