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Robert Motherwell letter to Joseph Cornell
Object Details
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Letter : 2 p. : handwritten ; 23 x 16 cm
- Summary
- Motherwell writes Cornell of his plans to open the Subjects of the Artist school in October and of ongoing efforts to produce the second issue of the journal Possibilities. Motherwell encourages Cornell to submit his piece on Edgar Allan Poe and the ballerina Marie Tagiolini for the publication.
- Citation
- Robert Burns Motherwell. Robert Motherwell letter to Joseph Cornell, 1948 September 21. 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
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- Date
- 1948 September 21
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)17876
- Creator
- Motherwell, Robert Burns, 1915-1991
- Cornell, Joseph
- Type
- Correspondence
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- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_17876
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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