Hommage autographe signé de Lawrence Durrell et Henry Miller à une jeune française sur un menu de restaurant parisien

Handwritten tribute signed by Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller to a young French lady on a Parisian restaurant menu

15 and 16 July 1969 | 25.4 x 34.1 cm | single sheet

Menu from the «La Palette» restaurant in Montparnasse with a handwritten inscription of 15 lines signed by Henry Miller and dated «15/7/69,» followed by another 5 lines signed «Larry Durrell» and dated the following day «16/7/69.»
The two inscriptions have been cut out.
Previously unpublished and unusual handwritten document by Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell, addressed to a young French lady and written on the back of a restaurant menu from the Montparnasse quarter where they had dined.
«I remain dazzled by your beauty, your eternal and inspiring youth. And so on and so forth...» (Henry Miller, line 9-10)
Rare testimony of the Parisian reunion of Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell, both of them captivated by the fine food and the young French lady's beauty.