Robert Motherwell postcard announcing Subjects of the Artist lectures, sent to Joseph Cornell

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Object Details

Creator

Motherwell, Robert Burns, 1915-1991

Cornell, Joseph

Subject

Subjects of the Artist (School : New York, N.Y.)

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 postcard : typescript ; 9 x 14 cm

Summary

Date from postmark.
Typed announcement for the second series of lectures at the Subjects of the Artist school including talks by Jean Arp, Willem de Kooning, Fritz Glarner, and a screening of Fantasy by Joseph Cornell.
Handwritten note from Motherwell to Cornell, promising payment of a small stipend, reads: Dear Joseph: Couldn't afford to print a programmeVery sorry. Newman sending you $15.00 more this week. Best regards, Bob.

Citation

Robert Burns Motherwell. Robert Motherwell postcard announcing Subjects of the Artist lectures, sent to Joseph Cornell, 1949 February 7. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. 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

1949 February 7

Record number

(DSI-AAA)17878

Type

Correspondence

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Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_17878