Jul 30, 2020 - Sale 2543

Sale 2543 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
"WHAT AN UNFORGETTABLE KISS" PUCCINI, GIACOMO. Autograph Letter Signed, "Giacomo," to Rose Ader, in Italian, apologizing for having criticized her, noting that the family has gone to shop in Viareggio, explaining that he must remain to do his work, stating that he sometimes goes to Viareggio with his son to supervise the work on the new house, recalling a kiss in the carriage on the way back from the restaurant, wondering whether she is happy not seeing him in Viareggio, and suggesting that he could arrange a place with her own piano at his expense. 4 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold, censor's scattered paragraph markers and notes in pencil. With the original envelope, with German censor's label and two 40-centesimi and a 1-lira cancelled postage stamps. Torre del Lago [from postmark], 1 June 1921

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". . . I looked at you and I gazed with desire at your mouth which you gave me without fear beneath the beautiful sun of Rome--what an unforgettable kiss. It was the filter which enchanted me. Then the rest up to the time of the yellow shawl! . . ."