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400. Marc Chagall Autograph Letter Signed. ALS, one
page, 8.25 x 10.5, La Colline letterhead, January 19, 1971. Handwritten letter to David Giladi, in part: “I received your letter with an article about me. I thank you with deep emotions…I understand your feeling and your heart’s intention for Jewish issues—but you need to direct and reach the whole world. If I reached something of it—as you say—how can I not be satisfied…These days, it turns out I was, and still am, close to my parents.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Starting Bid $200
401. Louis Daguerre Autograph Letter Signed. French artist and photographer (1787-1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. ALS in French, signed “Daguerre,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, Diorama letterhead, February 11, 1828. Untranslated handwritten letter by Daguerre. In fine condition. Daguerre had invented the diorama, a method of projecting images with light, in 1822, and became quite successful in this pre-cinematic system of animating images. In the same year, Daguerre opened the Diorama theater in Paris to entertain the population by showing an animated landscape. Starting Bid $300
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