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Mario Praz
3 Autographs by Mario Praz about Paul Oppé - 1950s

1950 - 1953

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These 3 Autographs Signed by Mario Praz / all Oppé to the Countess Pecci-Blunt Written In Italian, from 1950 to 1953, are perfectly readable and in excellent conditions with original envelopes included: Autograph Letter Signed. Rome, May 13th 1950. One page,single-sided. On letterhead paper "Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia". Autograph Letter Signed by Paul Oppé. Accademia Britannica, Rome, May 16th, 1950. In English. One page, double-sided. Autograph Letter Signed. Rome, December 2nd, 1953. One page,double-sided, on letterhead paper "Università degli Studi di Roma". This correspondence gravitates around the figure of Adolph Paul Oppé, (1878 - 1957) the English art historian, critic, art collector and museum official interested in the Italian and Roman landscapes of the middle XVIII century. He should "appreciate a visit to the " Countess' collection and talk about their common interests. The last authograph, instead, is a commercial proposal letter, for the purchase of a watercolor on canvas representing the Buonaparte family tree. The background: It is a period of International merit and recognition: from 1934 to 1966 Mario Praz was professor of English language and literature at the University of Rome, as a letter demonstrates. In 1935 he received the British Academy gold medalfor studies on the relationship between English and Italian literature. In 1952 Praz wins the Viareggio Prize and in 1957 the prestigious honorary degree in literature from the University of Cambridge. Mario Praz (Rome, 1896- 1982) Italian-born critic of art and literature, and scholar of English literature, Mario Praz is best-known as author of The Romantic Agony (1933), a comprehensive survey of the decadent, erotic and morbid themes of the European authors of the late 18th and 19th centuries. Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971) Better known as Mimì , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Alberto Moravia, Mario Praz, Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel.
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    1950 - 1953
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    Height: 8.67 in (22 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
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    Seller: M-1126921stDibs: LU65037683362

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