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Title
letter
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Letter of condolence, Des Moines Art Center.
Date
November 11, 1981
Title
letter
Description
Typewritten letter of condolence from SAIC dean.
Date
November 9, 1981
Title
letter
Description
Letter regarding Westermann's participation in exhibition "From Chicago" at Pace Gallery.
Date
January 9, 1982
Title
letter
Description
Mentions Fourcade show. "Joanna, I want you to know how much I appreciate all the effort and thought you put into the very suitable memorial service."
Date
November 18, 1981
Title
letter
Description
Admiration for HCW, Provincetown, MA
Date
January 26, 1982
Title
letter
Description
Sends his condolences; did not realize HCW had passed away; mentions HCW drawings on display at the Art Institute.
Date
1988
Title
letter
Description
Follow-up letter with an enclosed "permission" letter for Joanna to approve and return to him. No enclosure.
Date
July 14, 1994
Title
letter
Description
He has been trying to track down information on the real octagon house that HCW and Joanna saw on their trip to the Oxbow area. He believes that it is in Douglas, MI. He found the owner and took a photograph of the house and encloses a copy for Joanna. Also mentions the sculptures of Boris Gilbertson in front of the chess pavilion in Lincoln Park. Does JBW have any idea if there is any relationship to HCW's Swingin' Red King and Silver Queen?
Date
August 29, 1995
Title
letter
Description
"As an art historian, I write about objects; as a art historian interested in the social history of art, I write about objects within a socio-historical context." He is unable to give Joanna specifics about the essay as he has not yet begun writing it, but imagines that some foreign policy issues will be mentioned, specifically John Foster Dulles' policy of brinkmanship. He will possibly address other of HCW's sculptures from the 1950s. Encloses a copy of his article, "Tom Wesselman and the Americanization of the Nude, 1961-1963," Smithsonian Studies in American Art 4 (Fall 1990): 103-127.
Date
May 5, 1995
Title
letter
Description
Thanks for permission to view the archive. He will contact Dennis Adrian and hopes to have a full draft by the end of the summer.
Date
May 31, 1995
Title
letter
Description
Answers McCarthy's questions about Brinksmanship. Describes HCW's anti-war feelings and their development; his respect for soldiers on both sides of any given conflict over respect for their govt's which often didn't protect the common man; Vietnam. Asks to see a copy of a draft prior to the final.
Date
July 8, 1995
Title
letter
Description
Letter of condolence. SAIC connection? Barton, VT.
Date
November 10, 1981
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letter
Description
Reminisces of times with HCW.
Date
January 12, 1982
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letter
Description
(Whitney Museum) Thanks for lunch.
Date
January 16, 1978
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letter
Description
Things are getting back to normal. Thanks for the self portrait with the jerky. The
rubber stamp on the letter was designed for HCW and will be sent if he wants it.
Date
May 23, 1969
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letter
Description
Discusses the New York art scene after having been in the city recently. “Glad you
liked the great Streaky. That item came up from T.J., where it was executed by on of the bible (sic) masters of the 30’s.”
Date
September 21, 1969
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letter
Description
Details of their new home and life in Taos, New Mexico.
Date
February 5, 1972
Title
letter
Description
They were distressed to hear of HCW’s hospital stay. Ken is working on pieces for a show in London in April.
Date
March 13, 1974
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letter
Description
Ken is moving into a new studio. The Curio Store piece is coming together but they are out of money. Hopes Ken can get an N.E.A grant. The Erotic Show in L.A. was okay—no one too offended; not many sales. (Enclosed photograph of Ken and Happy and a drawing, "Mexican Arts.")
Date
February 17, 1977
Title
letter
Description
Thanks for the letter. She didn’t want to see Deer Hunter as it was too violent, and HCW telling her it wasn’t any good confirmed her decision. While on vacation with her sisters and cousins she read Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin, and liked it. She is looking forward to going to college. How was HCW’s trip to Texas? What does HCW think about “this Sky Lab junk that’s going on?”
Date
July 3, 1979
Title
letter
Description
Thanks for the catalog and articles; they are very proud of HCW. General family news update. Inquires how Joanna did in Montreal and thinks that it’s wonderful that Joanna might get into an acrobatic act.
Date
November 29, 1966
Title
letter
Description
Family news; she is doing volunteer work at an elementary school and the teacher she is helping is Bill Iaculla who graduated from the School of the Art Institute and remembers HCW. Likes the painting on the back of Cliff's latest letter, "took me back about 30 years, Cliff - I have watched you do so many on that order over the years...I really like it. Do you ever sketch any more sailing ships?"
Date
February 2, 1971
Title
letter
Description
Thanks for the letter and drawing, also the print of the Arctic Death Ship, which reminded her of her experience in Glacier Bay. Mike is very impressed by Joanna's work and she would like to buy the basket weave painting for him for Christmas.
Date
August 8, 1975
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letter
Description
Reminisces about their life together as children and their father. The lack of privacy, HCW used to sleep in the dining room and "used to draw everywhere and on everything including the steamy windows!" Their father's "indifference" to the children. She is unclear about the dental problems HCW is having. Discusses how much they enjoyed their visit to the Westermann's in CT, and the beautiful "shops and home and the woods..." Family news. Looking forward to seeing pictures of the new piece HCW is working on in tin.
Date
March 30, 1976
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letter
Description
Incomplete letter, 1977. Discusses HCW's insights into Carl [Bloom]. "He has never been able to get over his father's suicide -- but you know that makes sense -- that explains his memorializing him - his depression and his surface jolliness."
Date
June 20, 1976
Title
letter
Description
Martha found the enclosed letter (Smart accession number 2004.259, photocopied) from Cliff. Despite Cliff's request for confidentiality, she is sure he would approve of her sending it to Joanna. She went to George and Kay Bloom's [George, son of HCW's maternal uncle Carl Bloom] and went through some of the letters. She will be back over to spend the day going through all of the letters.
Date
July 24, 1996
Title
letter
Description
He is heading back to L.A. and will be staying with Ed Ruscha until he gets back on his feet. Makes it clear he is not married. He is meeting with Ileana Sonnabend who has a gallery in New York and hopes that will lead to something. "Thanks a million for the crytogram."
Date
February 15, 1972
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letter
Description
He and Susan have moved to Pasadena, a house on a hill behind the Rose Bowl. He quit directing the animated sequel to Fritz the Cat--the work was taking a physical toll on him. Comments on the posthumous retrospective for Eva Hesse at the Pasadena MOMA.
Date
September 18, 1973
Title
letter
Description
The first three chapters of his book are with an agent in N.Y. He's applied for a grant from the National Institute of Education to make some art and films for children--waiting to hear if he's received it. Drought in California.
Date
January 28, 1976
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letter
Description
HCW’s piece Westermann’s Table “brought to mind a wooden kitchen table, painted blue, last seen in George’s kitchen when he lived off Wells Street.” Has HCW read Division Street U.S.A by Studs Terkel? Mentions the work done on the Queen Mary.
Date
January 10, 1969
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letter
Description
He has seen a reference to an exhibit of HCW's work in the New Yorker in April. He's a former shipmate of HCW's. Encloses a photograph of himself and his wife at the "last Marine clambake." Photo enclosed
Date
May 11, 1991
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letter
Description
[Wife of Alan Press] Thank you for the watercolor - "a marvelous thing."
Date
January 2, 1981
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letter
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[Happy] Thanks for the beautiful box. She and Ken have decided to get married in May and the Westermanns are the first to know. Ken’s show in La Cienga was a success. [Ken] 6 May 1969 Ken Price He got the letter and the wax for the box. He’s trying to get some art done, but his new rubber stamps are distracting him.
Date
May 6, 1969
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letter
Description
Is making some "fake Mexican cups." "Am using fragile clay for authenticity." "Bob Irwin says it's a good time for all the artists to refuse to sell their work and thereby destroy the art market."
Date
October 30, 1972
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letter
Description
Mentions Ken’s recent work. Feels the world is very gloomy (Vietnam War).
Date
May 30, 1975
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letter
Description
Recounts struggles with Ken’s recent show. Seeing HCW and Joanna was the high point of their visit. They are hoping for a grant.
Date
October 24, 1977
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letter
Description
[from original correspondence list] Phil Linhares was in Chicago and saw some
Westermanns in Harlan’s Antiques. He (Reisman) got the painting. “It’s a painting of a beach scene—a Picasso-Mooresque reclining figure on a brown beach with a strip of green water and a very dark blue sky. There’s a small sailboat aground and leaning into the picture from the right. The frame (a strip frame) is trimmed with rope and carved or perforated into the frame are images which include a crab, stars, a triton, and, naturally an anchor! On the bottom of the frame is carved ‘HCW 54.’”
Date
April 22, 1970
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letter
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General family news update. She was happy to hear that Greg is coming to visit HCW.
Date
May 31, 1966
Title
letter
Description
Illustrated first page with drawing of Cliff and Joanna in HCW's "alter-ego" style. Enclosed "a tinted fragment for Joanna to use," from Rhett.
Date
April 25, 1973
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letter
Description
How was HCW's Chicago trip and the park in Highland Park, IL? She will be anxious to hear about his piece. General family news. Looks forward to his visit to CA.
Date
March 27, 1971
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letter
Description
Fantastic Images book arrived. Moore College announcement was also at home waiting for her. Recounts details of her and Mike's trip to Spain.
Date
October 10, 1972
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letter
Description
Pleased to hear about HCW's trip back to Mexico. They have decided to vacation in Alaska; general family news.
Date
May 25, 1974
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letter
Description
Is HCW's Mad House the piece that won the award in Sao Paulo? They plan on going east for a visit in summer.
Date
January 26, 1975
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letter
Description
Sends HCW a clipping from last week's Sunday paper. "It sure is a terrible reproduction and can they use that without any credit to you?" (Clipping not with letter.)
Date
May 24, 1975
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