PYLE HOWARD Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas S Clarke

Sale 2316 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 660

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

PYLE, HOWARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to Thomas S. Clarke, sending thanks for "the compliment you do me in thinking my picture the best in the Water Color Collection . . . . [H]ad you knowledge of art been more cultivated, you would have seen others . . . superior to mine. . . ." 3 pages, small 8vo, written on a single folded sheet, terminal page written vertically. Wilmington, 13 March 1881

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The American illustrator denigrates his own skills at great length: ". . . Indeed my knowledge is of the least character . . . . If you desire merely technical knowledge . . . you can pick others. . . ." He describes himself as "a poor devil of an artist, working for his daily bread."