$1,152
Charles and Ray Eames
collection of four letters
USA, c.
1950-1985 ink on paper
result: $1,152
–1,500
Lot includes four letters written by Charles and Ray Eames to their friends Alexander Knox and Doris Nolan-Knox. Close friends of the Eames’s, Alexander and Doris were both Hollywood actors blacklisted during the McCarthy era. They moved to England in the 1950s but continued their friendship with the American designers for many years. This selection of letters was personally acquired from Doris Nolan-Knox in the mid-1990s.
provenance: Alexander Knox and Doris Nolan-Knox, Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom | Peter and Charlotte Fiell, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2016-02-11
