PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) French Singer. Rare vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Piaf, t...
PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) French Singer. Rare vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Piaf, the Harcourt image, Paris, was issued as a promotional photograph for Polydor records, depicting a very young Piaf in a head and shoulders pose. Signed `Didou´, Piaf´s nickname, and inscribed in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Inscribed to Raymond Asso `You have written in a song ''Let´s live first''. Therefore let´s do so like in the song. Let´s live first and let´s love each other, Didou´. A very personal and close inscription to her lover, with grammatical errors, and with a text related to Asso´s song ''Tout fout le camp''. An inscription with very interesting association. G to VG £300-400
Raymond Asso (1901-1968) French lyricist and artistic agent. Piaf was Asso´s mistress for a short period in 1937, when she was only 22. Asso is credited as the creator of Piaf the artist, the one who took care of her, the one who put discipline and distance between Piaf and her former life and her not recommended friendships, the one who guided and taught her how to perform, to dress, to express and even to eat as he would say ''A rough diamond I had to size..'' Provenance from Asso´s personal collection.
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PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) French Singer. Rare vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Piaf, the Harcourt image, Paris, was issued as a promotional photograph for Polydor records, depicting a very young Piaf in a head and shoulders pose. Signed `Didou´, Piaf´s nickname, and inscribed in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Inscribed to Raymond Asso `You have written in a song ''Let´s live first''. Therefore let´s do so like in the song. Let´s live first and let´s love each other, Didou´. A very personal and close inscription to her lover, with grammatical errors, and with a text related to Asso´s song ''Tout fout le camp''. An inscription with very interesting association. G to VG £300-400
Raymond Asso (1901-1968) French lyricist and artistic agent. Piaf was Asso´s mistress for a short period in 1937, when she was only 22. Asso is credited as the creator of Piaf the artist, the one who took care of her, the one who put discipline and distance between Piaf and her former life and her not recommended friendships, the one who guided and taught her how to perform, to dress, to express and even to eat as he would say ''A rough diamond I had to size..'' Provenance from Asso´s personal collection.
