May 23, 2013 - Sale 2316

Sale 2316 - Lot 201

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PUCCINI, GIACOMO. Autograph Letter Signed, "Giacomo," to his business manager Antonio Bettolacci ("Caro Fenicottero"), in Italian, conveying that Maria Bianca has asked Puccini to make peace with him, reporting his plans to travel with Magrini on Monday, reporting his intention to remain for a few days before visiting him, and mentioning the birds he saw. Closing and signature written vertically in left margin. 1 page, oblong 4to, "Torre della Tagliata" stationery; folds. With the original envelope. Torre del Lago, [7 November 1917: from postmark]
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"Maria Bianca is furious with you--she has told me to make peace with you, and has stopped sulking now. On Monday, if the weather is fine, I am going by car with Magrini . . . . [A]nd then I shall see whether they are going to take me to see you. Today 2 woodcocks, and yesterday 10 snipes in the goat house. I am joking, you know, about Maria Bianca--she is good and quiet, expects me to praise her. . . ."
Puccini (jokingly?) addresses Bettolacci as "Flamingo" ("Fenicottero").