Autograph Letter

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Aldo Palazzeschi  (Florence 1885, Rome – 1974),  to  the Countess A. L. Pecci-Blunt  (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971).

Rome, April 28th  1953 .    In Italian. One page, double-sided.  Excellent condition.

A unique greeting letter signed by Aldo Palazzeschi,  the Futurist poet of  "let me have fun" , to the Countess and patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt, absolutely to collect! But also a letter of thanks , in which Palazzeschi accepts an invitation of the Countess and send a copy of the novel "Roma", for which the writer will receive the Marzotto price. 

Aldo Palazzeschi (Florence, 1885 - 1974)

The Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist, is still today considered as an influencer on later Italian writers of the neoavanguardia. His work is well-noted by its "grotesque and fantastic elements".

Palazzeschi begins his literary career after meeting Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: he became a fervent Futurist, best known for his poem “let me have fun!”. However, he was never entirely ideologically aligned with the movement. His "futurist period"  was a very fecund time in which he published a series of works that cemented his reputation. During the interwar years, his poetical production decreased, as he became involved in journalism and other pursuits. He took no part in the official culture of the Fascist regime, but he collaborated with magazines like Pegaso, Pan, (edited by Ugo Ojetti) and Il Selvaggio , (edited by Mino Maccari). In the late sixties and early seventies he started publishing again, with a series of novels that resecured his place in the new, post-war avant-garde.

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Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971)

Best- known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , 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 Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!