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Lot #837
Josephine Baker

Extensive correspondence with her dressmaker

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Extensive correspondence with her dressmaker

Archive of correspondence from Baker to her dressmaker Ginette Renaudin, comprising six ALSs and ten TLSs, totaling 30 pages, dating from 1954-1963. In this affectionate correspondence, Baker tells her dressmaker how much she misses her, especially during her tours in Denmark, Sweden, and South America. She discusses her costumes and decorations, and talks about her successes, her money worries, her children (all nine are with her in January 1958 in the snow in Stockholm, "rolling on the ground like little animals"), the illness of her mother, and difficulties with Jo Bouillon. Also includes a document and two greeting cards signed by Baker. In overall very good to fine condition. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #525 - Ended April 11, 2018