Robert Motherwell postcard announcing Subjects of the Artist lectures, sent to Joseph Cornell
Object Details
- Creator
- Motherwell, Robert Burns, 1915-1991
- Cornell, Joseph
- Subject
- Subjects of the Artist (School : New York, N.Y.)
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : typescript ; 9 x 14 cm
- Summary
- Date from postmark.
Typed announcement for the second series of lectures at the Subjects of the Artist school including talks by Jean Arp, Willem de Kooning, Fritz Glarner, and a screening of Fantasy by Joseph Cornell.
Handwritten note from Motherwell to Cornell, promising payment of a small stipend, reads: Dear Joseph: Couldn't afford to print a programmeVery sorry. Newman sending you $15.00 more this week. Best regards, Bob. - Citation
- Robert Burns Motherwell. Robert Motherwell postcard announcing Subjects of the Artist lectures, sent to Joseph Cornell, 1949 February 7. 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
- 1949 February 7
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)17878
- Type
- Correspondence
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- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_17878
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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