Who What Where WhenWHAT
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letter
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Thanks for letter, glad HCW enjoyed the collage.
Date
June 12, 1917
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letter
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Joint letter(s) from the Prices written on the plane on the way home from their visit to the Westermanns. Mentions Happy’s visit to Allan Frumkin Gallery to seen HCW’s lithographs.
Date
March 1, 1969
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letter
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Drawing of cigars. Getting ready to go north. Rubber stamp is on its way.
Date
May 1969
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letter
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Hawaii was heavenly. They are waiting for the baby’s arrival. It was difficult to return to the pollution and cranky city people after their trip.
Date
August 24, 1970
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letter
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His children are throwing him an 80th birthday party which Joanna will receive an invitation to shortly. Enclosing a photograph of a sculpture he dedicated to HCW. Photograph of "Farvel" enclosed.
Date
July 30, 1991
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letter
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Would like to get together in January.
Date
November 19, 1973
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letter
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He is quitting his job, taking a year off, and will be traveling for three months in Europe.
Date
April 11, 1975
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General family news. She loaned her “Monument” to and artist next door to show
to some other local artists and art students; it was very well received.
Date
May 4, 1960
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letter
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Family news update. Karl Westermann is in a convalescent hospital and has degenerative brain disease. Hope the house is coming along.
Date
September 27, 1969
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letter
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General family news. Enjoyed receiving announcement to Joanna's show.
Date
January 25, 1973
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letter
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Mentions an antique airplane fly-in they went to, apropos of a recent envelope HCW illustrated. Enclosed a current family photo and their mother's cookbook.
Date
June 1, 1973
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letter
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The three letters arrived, along with Mother's cookbook. She has started her teaching job. General family news.
Date
September 16, 1973
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letter
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She saw Joanna's show in Los Angeles; mentions Weldon Café and Ace of Spades
Date
October 13, 1974
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letter
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Further discussion about their childhood and general family news.
Date
May 13, 1976
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letter
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(Artist friend, knew each other from the Midwest, perhaps from Kansas City when HCW made his lithographs there) Is working with Tamarind in Los Angeles right now, hopes he will still be there in the fall when HCW comes to Tamarind. "Hope you haven't forgotten how to make lithos since K.C.!"
Date
February 8, 1968
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letter
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Incomplete letter, "we sure enjoyed having you here and trust after a bit of rest you'll decide it was worth the trip!"
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n.d.
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They will be out east soon--can they stay with HCW? They are going to try living in France again.
Date
January 12, 1977
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"Love from the land of the rising sun."
Date
August 21, 1978
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letter
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Glad to have gotten the “tux man” to HCW. He saw HCW’s “fine copper ship on a
copper sea” at the Whitney. He checked out Diane Kennedy’s Mexican cookbook. HCW introduced him to Mexican food.
Date
April 2, 1976
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letter
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A fan of HCW's work writing to Joanna to tell her about some new pieces he has made that will be in an exhibition in Taos, New Mexico that are memorials to/inspired by Cliff. He encloses articles on his art, a CV, and a poem he wrote about HCW.
Date
August 8, 1995
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letter
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Two letters, one from Cindy, one from Greg. Thanks for the letters and check. They enjoyed having JBW and HCW visit them in Abilene.
Date
n.d.
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letter
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His trip to England was cancelled, but he is still going to Okinawa in May. He has taken in a stray kitten. Thanks for the check.
Date
October 3, 1979
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letter
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She has the beautiful cards and letter he sent--"Marriage of Figaro" nun; she has trouble working when he's not here; hopes he's okay at Tamarind working with all of those people. She did some wood graining on her painting; she continues doing handstands and practices driving.
Date
September 2, 1968
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letter
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She received his 4 letters and 6 cards. Where does he get those odd religious cards? Very fabulous and strange. She had a quiet day with the Haverdens. A squirrel got in her room this morning and did a lot of damage.
Date
October 17, 1968
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Received his letter and the butterfly card. "I never mentioned it last time, but think your SEE AM. FIRST drawing (the icebergs) really beautiful. I think you draw beautifully--I have both those drawings pinned up on the wall in the kitchen." Did Tamarind pay him the $500 for October? She's almost finished one panel of the truck. She hopes Carl will be of help when HCW makes the boxes for the prints. She hopes they can take a trip in the truck sometime. They received a thank you note from Bill Copely.
Date
October 19, 1968
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"Horseshoes!" "I think it stinks, that 'you got it from your Grandfather' business, as I get it too--my father in the hospital told all the nurses etc. and said in front of everybody 'she got it from me' and he wasn't joking." The other day her mother said she really wanted to buy a piece of HCW's--but only because of the interest in the big show. They received a sad letter from Norma [Copley] which she is sending along.
Date
November 1, 1968
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Good luck with the show. She is fixing up the cottage for his arrival.
Date
November 22, 1968
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letter
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"Please do not get a shock when these days UPS drops at your house a flat package, sent by a printing Co. It contains a color study your daughter Joanna did some years ago in my color class at Yale. Please let her know about it. "
Date
July 19, 1974
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letter
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He now has a studio in New York and will be there in November. He is enclosing a dog letter opener “which somehow reminds me of Clefs (sic) recent cut steel figures.” He is also enclosing some postcard catalogs that he did last year and discusses those pieces. (no enclosures with letter) (no envelope)
Date
July 11, 1980
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letter
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Dad’s jewel box will go to George in his will, but would HCW like to borrow it for a year? He is submitting more articles to Chip Chat. Mentions a “Dutchman”
technique of patching plywood. Discusses various knives and chisels he uses.
Date
January 22, 1971
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letter
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Request for autographed photograph.
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April 30, 1975
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He has moved back to Maine and is working construction. He had a piece in a show that traveled and will send HCW a photograph of it.
Date
June 22, 1976
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It was great to see HCW and Joanna. Thanks for the great things HCW has given him, “the vice is beautiful!” His hand is doing better.
Date
January 13, 1980
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[William Copley's second wife, married in 1972, separated in 1976]. Mentions recent visit to HCW’s studio. “I love my book, to, made so secret and sculptural now by that diving carpenter.”
Date
April 14, 1977
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letter
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As a promotion of the new project, they are planning a mailing that resembles the front page of the New York Times and are asking artists to contribute news stories. Would HCW contribute?
Date
February 3, 1968
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letter
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Sorry he couldn’t coax HCW onto the airwaves (WGBH). He has some other ideas—short animation on a death ship, hands demonstrating a woodworking technique.
Date
June 3, 1979
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letter
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Young sculptor from Elmhurst, IL asking for an object/tool from HCW for a piece he is doing, “sympathetic magic.”
Date
October 18, 1973
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letter
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[Whitney Museum] They need a photograph of HCW for the catalog of the bicentennial sculpture exhibition.
Date
August 21, 1975
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letter
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(ASPCA Animals & Art 1979) Requests the donation of a piece for an exhibition and auction benefiting the ASPCA.
Date
January 29, 1979
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letter
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(Des Moines Art Center) The Art Center plans to acquire Phantom in a Wooden Garden. Encloses a photograph of the cactus part of the sculpture and asks HCW if he thinks there is something wrong with the “crotch” of the cactus. They have his watercolor Oasis (1970) in their collection.
Date
August 11, 1976
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