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John Button letter to Gerald Langston Fabian

Archives of American Art

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    Object Details

    Creator

    Button, John, 1929-1982
    Fabian, Gerald Langston

    Subject

    Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

    Place of publication, production, or execution

    No place, unknown, or undetermined

    Physical Description

    Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 41 x 23 cm

    Summary

    Button writes with updates on movies and other arts and culture he has seen in New York, the activities of mutual friends, giving Marlon Brando a tour of MoMA, and planning for a trip to visit Fabian in California.
    Year based on Button's mentions of the "new movie" Some like it hot and Eileen Farrell performing as Ariadne with the San Francisco opera.
    Portions of the letter are handwritten and portions are typewritten, cut out and pasted onto the handwritten sheet.

    Citation

    John Button. John Button letter to Gerald Langston Fabian, 1959 July 15. John Button letters to Gerald L. Fabian, 1950-1982. 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

    1959 July 15

    Record number

    (DSI-AAA)12117

    Type

    Correspondence

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    John Button letters to Gerald L. Fabian, 1950-1982

    Data Source

    Archives of American Art

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Record ID

    AAADCD_item_12117

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