Jun 01, 2023 - Sale 2639

Sale 2639 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 60,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
Perkins Gilman, Charlotte (1860-1935)
Family Archive of Photographs and Letters.

Including approximately forty-five photographs of CPG, many signed and inscribed by her with identifying information added in her hand; some promotional material: flyers and brochures, advertising CPG and her work; seven letters (all but one written by hand) from CPG to her grandson; one page in her hand from a draft of an unidentified work; a typed draft of the comedic play, A Pretty Idiot by CPG and Grace Ellery Channing; [and] a family photo album containing cartes-de-visite of CPG's immediate family during her childhood, with images of her father, mother, grandparents, and other relatives, all identified by name, ending with a striking image of CPG at about the age of six, holding a book; binding of the album failing.