Playwright, essayist, and author. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 60 years, writing a wide variety of plays. Miller's best known works were The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. TLS signed “Art,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. Personal and passionate love letter to his then wife, Marilyn Monroe, as she prepares to depart for another film. In part, “When you said you would go upstairs and read, and I came up later and found you asleep, I lay down beside you feeling entirely alive. The present was larger than the past and justified it…That’s why I feel a loneliness coming on. With you not here, part of me is gone. Do you know that? You are–to me, my own accomplishment; what happens to you happens to me. I never knew such a feeling in my life. Right this moment I feel a certain quiet within me. I think it is that I don’t want to recognize that you are going away, because to do so would make me face how much I need you with me…I hope you will feel, during the rest of this picture, that you are so much more than the work itself, or the situation there. I know that from moment to moment it has to be a struggle…I saw your note just now. My Marilyn, my dear baby girl–we must find some song we can sing together with one voice. I am your flesh, the air you breath, with you always. I kiss you, my own wife.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Both are double matted with a photo of the couple, to an overall size of 22 x 17. In fine condition, with expected mailing folds and some slight handling wear. R&R COA.
