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# - Magee, Patrick.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Collection of material relating to Patrick Magee and his acting career, including:
i) two items inscribed by beckett: a reproduction of a drawing by Mervyn Peake ("for Pat Magee | with admiration | and gratitude | Sam Beckett | Paris March | 1958"); and a portrait photograph ("to Pat & Belle | affectionately | Sam")
ii) letters: group of 19 letters to Magee, including 3 by Edna O'Brien (including a piece entitled "The Gathering" and discussing a book on love and a play: "...I am Irish and as you know that is a country where enormous passions and grave events capsize into a rather ridiculous denouement...", undated), 5 by John Bratby (about the purchase of pictures and personal matters, 1973-75) and 1 by J.B. Priestley praising Magee's acting; together with a telegram sent by Noel Coward on Magee's "brilliant performance" and a presscutting inscribed by Marlene Dietrich
iii) scripts: four mimeographs of pieces by Samuel Beckett (Rough for Radio, First Love, For to End Yet Again, Dante and the Lobster, From an Abandoned Work, and extracts from Molloy, Malone Dies and Texts for Nothing), with some annotations by Magee
iv) photographs: a group of c.165 photographs depicting Magee and others, the majority taken on stage and film sets, including c.41 from Marat/Sade (1967), 15 from Beckett plays including Krapp's Last Tape (2) and Endgame, various sizes, mostly c.205 x 250mm.; together with c.28 photographs inscribed to Magee by friends including Edna O'Brien, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw and Irene Worth, surface markings of marginal tears to several photographs
iii) books: 15 volumes, including 6 works by Samuel Beckett and 4 volumes inscribed to Magee by John Bratby (Painters of Today: John Bratby, 1961), Ulick O'Connor (Life Styles, 1973), James Hanley (Plays One, 1968) and James Knowlson (bilingual edition of Happy Days, 1978)
ii) letters: group of 19 letters to Magee, including 3 by Edna O'Brien (including a piece entitled "The Gathering" and discussing a book on love and a play: "...I am Irish and as you know that is a country where enormous passions and grave events capsize into a rather ridiculous denouement...", undated), 5 by John Bratby (about the purchase of pictures and personal matters, 1973-75) and 1 by J.B. Priestley praising Magee's acting; together with a telegram sent by Noel Coward on Magee's "brilliant performance" and a presscutting inscribed by Marlene Dietrich
iii) scripts: four mimeographs of pieces by Samuel Beckett (Rough for Radio, First Love, For to End Yet Again, Dante and the Lobster, From an Abandoned Work, and extracts from Molloy, Malone Dies and Texts for Nothing), with some annotations by Magee
iv) photographs: a group of c.165 photographs depicting Magee and others, the majority taken on stage and film sets, including c.41 from Marat/Sade (1967), 15 from Beckett plays including Krapp's Last Tape (2) and Endgame, various sizes, mostly c.205 x 250mm.; together with c.28 photographs inscribed to Magee by friends including Edna O'Brien, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw and Irene Worth, surface markings of marginal tears to several photographs
iii) books: 15 volumes, including 6 works by Samuel Beckett and 4 volumes inscribed to Magee by John Bratby (Painters of Today: John Bratby, 1961), Ulick O'Connor (Life Styles, 1973), James Hanley (Plays One, 1968) and James Knowlson (bilingual edition of Happy Days, 1978)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. If you require additional information we would recommend viewing the item during the exhibition or contacting one of the specialists for this sale.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."