John Button letter to Gerald Langston Fabian

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Object Details

Creator

Button, John, 1929-1982

Fabian, Gerald Langston

Subject

Button, John

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 p. : typescript, ill. ; 27 x 22 cm.

Summary

Button writes of activities with mutual friends, and to say that the panels he is painting for Fabian are in progress. He includes a small sketch of the design with the note "may be regarded as the poet Thamyris singing to the youth Hyacinthus."

Citation

John Button. John Button letter to Gerald Langston Fabian, 29 June 1960. 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

29 June 1960

Record number

(DSI-AAA)12118

Type

Correspondence

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

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Preliminary sketches

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

AAADCD_item_12118