Bidspirit auction | BERENSON BERNARD: (1865-1959) American art

BERENSON BERNARD: (1865-1959) American art historian who specialised in the Renaissance, a major fig... - BERENSON BERNARD: (1865-1959) American art historian who specialised in the Renaissance, a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters. A.L.S., with his initials B. B. , two pages, 8vo, Florence, Italy, 23 rd December 1953, to Barbara Howes Smith. Berenson thanks his correspondent for her verses ( 'legible & intelligible - a rare treat nowadays!' ) and requests more news of what she has been doing in New York, and in particular regarding her fiction, further adding 'I still pretend to be at work & publish an occasional article or booklet. It keeps me from thinking too much of senility' . Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Berenson and signed ( 'B. Berenson' ) by him in the return address to the verso. VG     Barbara Howes (1914-1996) American poet, wife of William Jay Smith, himself a poet.