Lot n° 94
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 512EUR
Antonia Mercé, the ARGENTINA (1890-1936) Spanish dancer. 6 L - Lot 94
Antonia Mercé, the ARGENTINA (1890-1936) Spanish dancer. 6 L.A.S., [1926-1928], to Georges Wague; 24 pages in various formats, in his own number or with hotel headings (holes in binders, collector's stamps).
Attached are 3 L.A.S. by his brother José Mercé to Wague, 1939-1940, and 2 L.S. by E. Baraban, general agent of the Association de Secours mutuels entre les Artistes dramatiques, 1930, relating to Argentina; plus a file of documents on Argentina: mass, concert, Association des Amis d'Argentina, speeches... And 5 L.A.S of tenor Giacomo LAURI-VOLPI in G. Wague or Albert Carré, concerning the organization of a recital at the Salle Gaveau for the benefit of the retirement home for dramatic artists in Pont-aux-Dames,1936 (plus 10 letters concerning this
concert).
Munich 10 December 1926. News of her two-month tour of Germany, Sweden, Holland and Belgium: she is in "very bad shape but happy, happy, with my success [...] because there is one thing that frightens me: ridicule. On the 18th evening I return to Paris to give a unique concert at the Salle Gaveau on the 19th. Me and Carmencita Perez, a pianist of great talent "... Dresden 29 [March 1927?]. His dear Spectro is a very convinced businessman, and if the directors of the Opera are as convinced as he is, everything will go well, "but finally they don't believe in the necessity of my competition...". His tour in Germany is a success: "They're celebrating me and in Berlin and Dresden it's madness. To get away with it I did five encore albums and 40 reminders... It's very pretty and I'm delighted especially because it's a very artistic city "... Ville d'Avray Friday 20 [July 1928?]. It took a week's rest at the end of the season; it was "demolished" ... Paris October 19 [1928]. She has a nasty flu, but "my affectionate thoughts do not leave you"... New York December 1 [1928]. A lot of work, journalists, invitations, "finally a madness", but apart from fatigue she is very happy. "My success here has bee
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