Auction P4044 (Lisbon & Online)
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December 6, 2007 9:30PM — P4ArtGallery - 16 Navegantes St. 1200-731 Lisbon
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W. B. Sherwood (studio) Durban, South Africa
C1_1818
Sold by € 12,650.00
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Lot description
Fernando Pessoa, aged 10. Signed and dedicated by the poet “À sua boa amiga Maria Ignácia de Saldanha Sette offerece como prova de muita amizade o seu amiguinho, Fernando - Junho 1898”. Image used on the cover of “Fernando Pessoa: Uma fotobiografia” by Maria José Lencastre. This is a similar image to those sold in the two previous P4Photography auctions (November 2006 and May 2007. Cabinet card. Gelatin silver print. 16.1 x 10.7cm. W.B. Sherwood - Pietermaritzburg and Durban (South Africa). Estimate €6,500-10,000 Bibliography: Lencastre, Maria José. “Fernando Pessoa: uma fotobiografia”, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Lisboa, 1981. Fernando (António Nogueira) Pessoa is perhaps the best known Portuguese writer of modern times. Born in Lisbon in 1888, died in Lisbon in 1935. From the age of seven, Pessoa lived in Durban, South Africa, where his stepfather was the Portuguese consul. He became fluent in English. In 1905 he returned to Lisbon, where he worked as a commercial translator while contributing to avant-garde reviews. In 1915, he collaborated with Orpheu, one of the most influential literary magazine in Portugal (althought only 3 issues were prepared and 2 published) . [Lot´s provenance: from the estates of Fernando Pessoa´s relatives].