Object Details
- Creator
- Matta, Patricia
- Cornell, Joseph
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 Christmas card : various media ; 14 x 09 cm.
- Summary
- This holiday card consists of two postcards glued together.
The front features a photograph by Lucien Roisin of a flamenco dancer with the caption: Andalucia tipica, una bailarina, Carmen Vargas, une danseuse. The dancer's dress has been embellished with embroidery, presumably by Matta.
The back includes a brief handwritten note from Matta to Cornell (whom she addresses as "Jo Jo"). - Citation
- Patricia Matta. Patricia Matta christmas card to Joseph Cornell, 19--. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 19--
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)11787
- Type
- Correspondence
- Place
- Spain
- See more items in
- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Dancers
- Embroidery
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_11787
