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Lot 131

LYE, Len (New Zealand, 1901-1980). Autograph Letter Signed....

Estimate: $400 - $600

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LYE, Len (New Zealand, 1901-1980).?Autograph Letter Signed.?[N.p., ca. 20th?century]. 2 8vo pages on one plain off-white folded 4to sheet. Total size of sheet: 6 ? x 10 ?". Written in black ink. Creases, some minor soiling, minor rust stain. Very good. ?dear Oswell [Lye's friend, Oswell Blakeston (pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher), who wrote an article about Lye in 1932, and Lye had illustrated one of his books] hello you haddler [?] we've just got back from pioneering on downs + dales + glad to be near a gas stove again Thanks for the Herring work + suppose its sent by now. Thanks there's nothing to see just now up in W. End buy as soon. You must come down sometime say next week + say with the Ballet Book for a lend you might even post it & collect it when you do come down: write + say if next wed thurs Fri Sat or so on Hows the scientific aid to sensitive plants going I mean that needle or is it a pneumatic drill whatever anyway alright so long as 800 B. C. egyptian or greek. Got nothing here for you to see until next week See you Len" Lye was a filmmaker and kinetic sculptor, whose work is exhibited in major museums or galleries around the world.