BIB_ID
458052
Accession number
MA 23840.1579
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 29.6 x 21 cm
Notes
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, Apt. 14G, 400 East 52nd Street, New York, 10022, U.S.A., and postmarked April 22, 1981.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing the scene at Christie's during the run-up to the sale of his miniature painting; telling her about his idea for a film about making a film, shown from the point of view of the crew; describing with some irritation the reaction of the Cannes Selection Committee to "Quartet" and doubting it will be in the festival, "though Gaumont is trying to force them to reconsider even as I type this"; relating his impressions after a dinner at Catherine's with her sons and mother; saying he's glad Jhab is happy with his house in Hudson.
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