Hand-Written Letter From Alice Toklas Just Months After The Death Of Her Lover, Gertrude Stein: Just The Letter Gertrude Would Have Liked

ALICE TOKLAS (1877-1967). Toklas was an American-born member of the early-twentieth century Parisian avant-garde. ALS. 1 pg. 8 x 10. September 12, 1946. 5 rue Christine. An autograph letter signed Alice Toklas to Dear Tony: Just the letter Gertrude would have liked - thanks for writing it to me. In haste Im sending you Carl Van Vechtens address in New York 101 Central Pak West- ring himEndicott 2-8748 and o to see him if you have time. I have written to him about your first chapters. Basket and I are looking forward to seeing you soon. Alice Toklas had a nearly-four-decade long romance with fellow American expat, novelist and playwright Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Together, they hosted a literary salon in Paris at their home at 27 rue de Fleurus, frequented by other American expats in Paris like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Bowles, Thornton Wilder, and Sherwood Anderson, as well as avant-garde painters like Picasso and Matisse. In 1933, Stein published her memoir, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, written in Toklas voice, a literary bestseller that vaulted Stein from relative obscurity into the mainstream literary world. Today they are buried side-by-side in Paris. However, because their relationship, though an open secret, had no formal standing, Steins family denied Toklas access to paintings and other items deeded to her in Steins will. Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Steins estate. The letter was sent to Tony Scott, an up-and-coming writer with Variety. The letter also references Basket, Toklas and Steins poodle. The letter is written on thin stationery paper and is in fine condition.