Object Details
Creator
Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
Nosanow, Barbara Shissler
Subject
Finster, Howard
Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
1 letter : handwritten, ill. ; 26 x 22 cm.
Summary
A letter to Nosanow at the National Museum of American Art, discussing Finster's upcoming visit to Washington, D.C.
The letter is illustrated in pencil with sketches of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson and William Shakespeare.
Finster writes: "I am excited to be coming to Washington where these great men once had our future responsibility upon them I feel so unworthy to live in a world of luxery [sic] and these great men paved our way..."
The letter is illustrated in pencil with sketches of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson and William Shakespeare.
Finster writes: "I am excited to be coming to Washington where these great men once had our future responsibility upon them I feel so unworthy to live in a world of luxery [sic] and these great men paved our way..."
Citation
Howard Finster. Howard Finster letter to Barbara Shissler Nosanow, 1981. Barbara Shissler Nosanow materials relating to Howard Finster, [ca. 1981]. 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
Date
1981
Record number
(DSI-AAA)555
Type
Correspondence
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Barbara Shissler Nosanow materials relating to Howard Finster, [ca. 1981]
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Topic
Illustrated letters
Presidents
Record ID
AAADCD_item_555