An early piece of Ernest Hemingway correspondence, sent from Paris during his seminal first year as an expatriate writer.
This original postcard, dated 1922, features the clear and bold signature of a young Ernest Hemingway. It was sent during his formative Paris period, a time immortalized in his memoir A Moveable Feast, where he was forging his literary style among the city's avant-garde.
Provenance & Significance: The card is addressed to John Anderson, the second-born son of famed American short story writer Sherwood Anderson. Sherwood Anderson was a crucial early mentor to Hemingway; his letters of introduction paved the way for Hemingway's entry into the Parisian literary circle. It is believed Hemingway sent similar postcards to each of Anderson's sons during this period, making this a tangible artifact of that influential personal and professional relationship. This item represents not just an autograph, but a fragment of the literary network that shaped 20th-century American literature.