Robert Motherwell letter to Joseph Cornell
Object Details
- Creator
- Motherwell, Robert Burns, 1915-1991
- Cornell, Joseph
- Subject
- Cornell, Joseph
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Letter : 3 p. : handwritten ; 28 x 22 cm
- Summary
- Motherwell explains that the Walker Art Institute asked him to write a preface to Cornell's upcoming exhibit there. He encloses two typewritten pages of the preface he has written for Cornell's review.
- Citation
- Robert Burns Motherwell. Robert Motherwell letter to Joseph Cornell, 1953 June 26. 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
- 1953 June 26
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)17879
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_17879
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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