BIB_ID
458138
Accession number
MA 23840.1591
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 26.8 x 18 cm
Notes
The identities of Audrey, Steve, and Philip are unclear; "Tony" may be film producer and Artforum publisher Anthony Korner.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 32 Alipur Road, Delhi, India 110054, and postmarked March 15, 1983.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 32 Alipur Road, Delhi, India 110054, and postmarked March 15, 1983.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Relating the story of his friend Audrey's final days; telling her he'd been informed of Audrey's death while he was in London by Catherine Freeman, who'd bee informed in tern by Liz Moynihan; describing how he traveled to Washington for the funeral and gave a "little eulogy," which included "a kind of rebuke to [Audrey's ex-husband] Steve"; describing how Steve "act[ed] absolutely fiendishly" after the funeral and insisted his and Audrey's son Philip live in Washington rather than with Tony.
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