ARCHIVE OF 25 SIGNED LETTERS, ETC
1968 - 1976. Letter. Includes 23 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs), 2 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs), 3 SIGNED INSCRIPTIONS, and various materials including an audio recording on cd of a 1980 Celebration of Miller at The New School. The recipient is actress and friend Fiddle Viracola. One letter is SIGNED in full; the others are SIGNED "Henry" or "Henry San." The archive includes 10 handwritten postcards and 21 pages of handwriting with 14 envelopes hand addressed by Miller and 3 SIGNED promotional pieces. Much discussion of Miller's work including his art and films based on his work. In a 1970 letter he mentions a documentary film [Robert Snyder's THE HENRY MILLER ODYSSEY]: "No national distributor yet -- for cinemas. But if 'Cancer' film [the X-rated 1970 TROPIC OF CANCER] is a hit will probably get offers. In May another film will be released, thru Barney Rosset (of Grove Press)-- 'Quiet Days in Clichy," produced by young Danish players. May be sexier, shockinger than Cancer film." He mentions well-known friends including Anais Nin, Lawrence Durrell (Yes, Larry D. was here 10 days-- champagne every day"), Isaac B. Singer ("what a wonderful man he is!"), Marcel Marceau ("My ping pong is still excellent-- I beat Marcel Marceau at it the other night"), and Erica Jong ("I want you to go out and buy this book--'Fear of Flying.'"). He comments on books and film: "Last night at dinner (here) we had (3) beautiful women from Montreal, one of them being Genevieve Bujold. I forgot that I had seen her in 'King of Hearts' which I thought was a stinkerino of a film -- so phony, such a French Farce, and so utterly uninsane!" Miller mentions that he has 4 astrologer friends who help him predict his future: "Will tell you more when I get word from my Swiss astrologer. Only advantage of computer I can see is in the time saving. Surely, the computer doesn't do the writing, does it? There are some dark, mysterious lines in the 6-month forecast. Really inscrutable -- until the event occurs." Another subject is spirituality: "Yes, I do say that mantra every day, as often as the impulse comes, and I have had nothing but wonderful results, wonderful surprises. I don't say it like to beg favors of the Almighty, if you know what I mean, which reminds me of this attributed to the Buddha, which I find marvelous:-- 'I obtained not the least thing from unexcelled, complete awakening, and for this very reason it is called unexcelled, complete awakening' ... Yes, lots of wonderful things happen now. But only, I imagine, because I aid the Creator in making them happen. Any thing said or done sincerely (not piously, but humbly) works. All is magic and mystery. Trust in the Lord!" Very Good to Near Fine. Item #022174
Price: $12,500.00