Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
"IT IS MY WISH. . .THAT. . .MY MORTAL REMAINS SHALL BE COMMITTED TO THE FLAMES" CRANE, HART. Autograph Manuscript Signed, twice ("Hart Crane" in the third person within the text and "Harold Hart Crane"), informing those who will survive him of his wishes as regards what is to be done with his remains. Additionally signed by witness William Slater Brown. 2 pages, 5x2 1/2 inches, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet, ruled leaf torn from an address book; faint scattered foxing, small tear at upper edge with minor loss, paper clip stain touching first signature. Np, nd

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"I, Hart Crane, under my right mind and full sensibilities, hereby insist and do declare that it is my wish and . . . demand that, upon the occasion of my demise into the hands of our Lord of Eternity and the Great Hereafter, that my mortal remains shall be committed to the flames."