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Creator:
Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977  Search this
Subject:
Cooke, Patricia J.  Search this
Cooke, L. E. (L. Ezra)  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.01 Linear feet
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of the collection, the letters are arranged as one series.
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The Forrest Bess letters to L.E. and Patricia Cooke, date from circa 1963-1964 and consist of photocopies of two letters and twelve slides of two paintings. Bess writes concerning two paintings owned by the Cookes, and discusses Carl Jung, and the reactions of the unconscious to Bess's work.
Citation:
Forrest Bess letters to L. E. and Patricia Cooke, circa 1963-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The collection was digitized in 2021 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
Location of Originals:
Original letters are in the possession of the donor.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds the Forrest Bess photographs and slides, the Forrest Bess letters, the Dana Friis-Hansen papers on Forrest Bess, the Louis Waldman research material on Forrest Bess, and the Rosalie Berkowitz papers relating to Forrest Bess.
Biography Note:
Forrest Bess (1911-1977) was a painter and fisherman in Bay City, Texas, known for his generally small, abstract, biomorphic paintings, and his ideas on the merging of masculine and feminine energy. L.E. and Patricia Cooke were art collectors.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1986 by Patricia (Mrs. L.E.) Cooke as part of AAA's Texas Project.
Digitization Note:
This site provides access to the papers of Forrest Bess in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 5 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9619
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211826
AAA_collcode_bessforr
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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