Moses Soyer letter to David Soyer

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Object Details

Creator

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974

Soyer, David, 1928-

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 21 x 10 cm.

Summary

Letter from Soyer to his son David in the voice of their cat, Bright Eyes. Letter includes an illustration of the cat playing with a ball.
Soyer wrote this letter while David was away at camp in the summer of 1940.

Citation

Moses Soyer. Moses Soyer letter to David Soyer, 1940. Moses Soyer papers, circa 1905-1974. 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

1940

Record number

(DSI-AAA)8677

Type

Correspondence

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Moses Soyer papers, circa 1905-1974

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Cats

Family life

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_8677