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Howard Finster letter to Barbara Shissler Nosanow

Archives of American Art

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    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..."

    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

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Record ID

    AAADCD_item_555

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