Lot 518
Strindberg, August and Constantin Stanislavsky. Two of the theater's finest creative geniuses: August Strindberg (1849-1912) Swedish playwright and novelist who is considered the greatest writer of modern Sweden. In the 1890s he turned to experiments with the occult and pseudo science, suffering a spiritual crisis verging on madness and converting to Swedenbogian mysticism, all of which are given dramatic expression in the trilogy Till Damaskus [To Damascus]. Autograph quotation signed, on an original pen and ink drawing of Strindberg signed by the noted French artist Robert Kastor, 12 x 9½ in., no place, April 1901. Strindberg has boldly penned, in Swedish a fourteen word quote from the second book of his famous trilogy, identifying it as from "Till Damaskus II." Untranslated. Loosely matted to an overall size of 14 x 11 in. Strindberg has always been scarce, but in signed quotations from his works he can be considered rare. An extraordinary item.; Constantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938) Russian actor and theatre director. He was best known for creating The Stanislavsky Method of acting. Stanislavsky had a more profound effect on the process of acting than anyone else in the twentieth century. Signed picture postcard ("C. Stanislavsky")[the card has been created by affixing a printed half-tone magazine bust portrait of Stanislavsky to an otherwise blank postcard] 5½ x 3½ in., no place, no date. Boldly signed in blue ink below the image. A two-line identification, in another hand, at bottom edge below the signature.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,200.
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