Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
Por International Autograph Auctions
12.7.23
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, España
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BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923) French stage actress. An unusual A.L.S., Sarah Bernhardt, to the recto and two inside pages of an oblong 12mo folding correspondence card featuring her printed monogram, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (March 1921), to an official (name illegible), in French. Bernhardt enquires 'Voulez-vous etre assez aimable pour me donner l'autorisation de mettre une petite marquise pour le mercredi 9 pour du mariage de ma petite fille' (Translation: 'Will you be kind enough to give me permission to put up a little marquee for Wednesday 9th for my granddaughter's wedding?'). Signed to the lower left corner of the inside by an official across the circular stamp of the Prefecture de Police, authorising Bernhardt to erect the marquee, dated Paris, 4th March 1921. Accompanied by the original (unmarked) matching envelope. Some light staining and a couple of minor ink blots, VG

Bernhardt's youngest granddaughter, Lysiane Bernhardt (1896-1977), married Louis Jacques Marie Collin in Paris on 8th March 1921. The couple were divorced just a few years later on 7th June 1924, and Lysiane would marry for a second time in March 1928.