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Collection Creator:
Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1943, 1943
Scope and Contents note:
One letter, circa 1943, is addressed to "My Dear Friends" and begins with "my life story of art. that is my art, and no one el[c]...." wherein Pippin recounts a childhood memory of creating artwork for a Sunday school sale and how the "war of 1917... brought out all of the art in me" and how he paints from it today. A second letter dated February 1, 1943 is to Robert Carlen, his dealer. Pippin apologizes for Mr. Carlen thinking that he does not treat his friends or Mr. Carlen's friends "right, in my home, if anyone comes in to [see me] art." Pippin will see to it that Mrs. John D. Hamilton is treated as nice as possible. He goes on to say that he wants Carlen to send his Domino game painting to a show so Dr. Albert C. Barnes can see it.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Horace Pippin notebooks and letters, circa 1920, 1943. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Horace Pippin notebooks and letters
Horace Pippin notebooks and letters / Series 1: Horace Pippin Notebooks and Letters
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c74882a2-62e2-44ec-afcb-d7fd80e33732
EDAN-URL:
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