Adolphe Léon Willette Signed Autograph Letter, The Golden Age, and small papers

  
Adolphe Léon Willette - HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER TO Jules Roques, “The Golden Age” and miscellaneous papers. Handwritten signed letter to Jules Roques, editor of Le Courrier Français.

Included are two period newspaper articles relating to Willette’s death in 1926 and a nice collector’s card with a press photo on the back. My dear Roques, I have learned from the newspapers that my little shadow play The Golden Age, ordinarily performed at the Chat Noir, is being presented in tableau vivant form at the Café des Décadents. I ask you to publish my statement that this was done without my knowledge and without my authorization. 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. Handwritten letters, old papers, antique books, photographs, engravings, stamps... We appraise and/or buy your letters, letter collections, and antique books throughout France.

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