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JEFFERS, ROBINSON (1887-1962, American poet), (i) PORTRAIT BY CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964), dated 9 July 1937; ii) AUTOGRAPH POETICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ('Robinson Jeffers'), 1943 (2) image 1
JEFFERS, ROBINSON (1887-1962, American poet), (i) PORTRAIT BY CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964), dated 9 July 1937; ii) AUTOGRAPH POETICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ('Robinson Jeffers'), 1943 (2) image 2
Lot 246

JEFFERS, ROBINSON (1887-1962, American poet)

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10 April 2013, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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JEFFERS, ROBINSON (1887-1962, American poet)

(i) PORTRAIT BY CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964), vintage photograph, silver print, half length, his face in profile facing left across a corner of a brick building, Van Vechten's label on the verso, framed and glazed, size of image 14 x 9 inches (35 x 22 cm), overall size 20 x 14 inches (52 x 35 cm), dated 9 July 1937

REFERENCE: Portraits: The Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, complied by Saul Mauriber, 1978 (this image illustrated).

(ii) AUTOGRAPH POETICAL QUOTATION SIGNED ('Robinson Jeffers'), 4 lines, beginning 'The hearts of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth...', written on a small card, with the autograph note 'Written in 1917, I think, - copied for Claire Nagle, April 1943. Tor House, Carmel, California', 1943

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