Bidspirit auction | PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963)

PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) - PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) French singer, one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. A good T.L.S., signed to the last page `Edith Piaf´, also signed to the first and second page with her initials ` E. P” to the left border, all typed to front 4to sheets of paper, New York, 28th January 1959, in French. The typed document is a contract between Mr. Ed Sullivan and Edith Piaf who agrees to ”render my artistic and professional services on ”THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW”, a television show advertising Lincoln-Mercury & Eastman Kodak products and/or services, to be broadcast over such television facilities...”. Also signed at the conclusion by Marlo Lewis (1915-1993) on behalf of the CBS and the Ed Sullivan Show. The contract establishes that Piaf would perform on the 8th March 1959, between 20h00 and 21h00 and that six thousand dollars would be paid to General Artists Corp. for Services of Edith Piaf. The three pages contract explains in detail all the conditions agreed between the parties. The first page is crossed out in blue ink with an annotation in large letters stating ” Annulé - Cause Maladie” (Translation ” Cancelled - Reason Illness”) Despite the fragile health of Piaf, the French singer had suffered a car accident, together with Yves Montand´s guitarist Henri Crolla, short before the agreed performance which never took place. Very small minor creasing, otherwise G to VG