Object Details
- Creator
- Mathieu, Georges, 1921-
- Sterne, Hedda, 1910-2011
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 letter : various media ; 40 x 45 cm. (from widest point)
- Summary
- Oversize letter from Georges Mathieu to Hedda Sterne includes a collage of a clipping of kittens, a hand-cut crown of gold reflective paper, and red velvet or velour fabric.
Letter itself was folded into an envelope and sealed with two silver wax seals. Mathieu added on the exterior of the letter an indication of where to open it by drawing a dotted line and writing "cut me here" in French.
Letter is in French.
Inscription (handwritten):embrassent Hedda; et lui font mille caresses; de la part du Roi.
Inscription on verso (handwritten): Couper moi; ici [arrow]. - Citation
- Georges Mathieu. Georges Mathieu letter to Hedda Sterne, 1962 January. Hedda Sterne papers, 1939-1977. 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
- 1962 January
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)19076
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Hedda Sterne papers, 1939-1977
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Love letters
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_19076
