AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Dec 10, 2016
LONDON – HILTON CANARY WHARF HOTEL, Spain
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LOT 143:
PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French Filmmaker, Novelist & Playwright.
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Sold for: £650
Estimated price :
600
£ - 900 £
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PAGNOL MARCEL: (1895-1974) French Filmmaker, Novelist & Playwright.
An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 9 x 11.5 photograph by Pagnol, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose looking directly towards the camera. Photograph by Henri Moiroud. Signed ('Marcel') by Pagnol in bold, black fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and further inscribed ('a toi, mon cher Tintin, avec ma meilleure affection') in French and dated 1943 in his hand. Signed photographs of Pagnol of this size and quality are rare and desirable. VGHenri Moiroud (1911-1999) French Photographer who served as still photographer at Pagnol's film studios in Marseille from 1941-56.Pagnol became the first filmmaker to be elected to the Academie francaise in 1946 and is widely regarded as one of France's greatest 20th century writers and is notable for excelling in almost every medium - memoir, novel, drama and film.
