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Browse All : Property Ownership and County Atlas by Steinmann, G.Title
letter
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Letter discussing work he has in mind.
Date
December 3, 1969
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letter
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Had a great time with HCW in L.A. Things at the shop are slow; since HCW left no one walks on their hands. Passed the pet shop and the anteater is still there.
Date
December 18, 1968
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letter
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She and Jim Nutt enjoyed HCW’s show at Frumkin’s. “One thing though. . .I always heard it as: ‘a thousand Swedes ran through the weeds, chased by one Norwegian’.”
Date
December 6, 1976
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letter
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Letter of condolence. Santa Monica, CA
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December 8, 1981
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letter
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"So glad to receive your creative thoughts.”
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December 18, 1965
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letter
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Thanks for the splendid gift. It has been an honor and pleasure to work with HCW for the past two years.
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December 22, 1979
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letter
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Thanks for letter and the beautiful woodcut. “Popeye is really fine.” He can’t wait to see the entire set [Connecticut Ballroom]. His health is finally better.
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December 11, 1975
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letter
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(Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago) Will HCW be able to attend the preview on January 27? He will look into the substitution of Suicide for Eclipse 2.
Date
December 30, 1968
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letter
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(photo Christmas card and note) Holiday greetings.
Date
December 17, 1980
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letter
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illustrated letter with envelope
Date
December 27, 1965
Title
Letter
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Illustrated letter with envelope.
Date
January 26, 1961 - 1963
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Letter
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Four pages, three double sided.
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December 29 1966
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Letter
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Four pages, three double sided.
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December 29 1966
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letter
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AGVA Foundation. They have received the Christmas card sent to Grover Wilkins and advise that Grover passed away on 1 Nov. (American Guild of
Variety Artists)
Date
December 20, 1965
Title
Letter
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Letters book (letter only); one-page 'Letter re my artist friend, Alex Nepote, our Uncle Carl Bloom and Cliff's relationship with critics and why Cliff does his work.' and envelope
Date
27 - 28 February 1964
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letter
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They are selling the house; he is making more lithographs and finishing up the
cup series; appreciates “Mr. Frog the elder (and not to mention that ace reliefing [sic] of a fart, which is a magnificent job).”
Date
December 3, 1969
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letter
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"We were sorry to learn that you lost your husband last June. We send you all good wishes!"
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n.d., 1969 - 1970
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letter
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Thanks for the last letter. Mentions quitting his job to work in the studio full time. Killed enough elk to carry him through winter. He will be bringing his computer piece to New York in January and would like HCW to see it.
Date
December 19, 1977
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letter
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He is excited to hear that HCW has completed some additional pieces and is doing some watercolors. Enclosed a letter from Gerald Nordland from the San Francisco Museum of Art.
Date
December 7, 1970
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letter
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(Connecticut Conservation Association) Discusses the forty acres in Brookfield that are slated for development. Discusses possible avenues to explore to preserve the area.
Date
December 6, 1976
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letter
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Thanks for the woodcut. It reminds her of when HCW was at Tamarind.
Date
December 15, 1975
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letter
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Invitation to discuss HCW’s work at a meeting of SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) while HCW is teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Date
December 3, 1970
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letter
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Barbara Haskell (Whitney Museum) asked him to submit some remembrances of Cliff, which he is finishing up. Family news. George Falkenberg visited this past year.
Date
December 26, 1976
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letter
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illustrated letter newspaper clipping and envelope
Date
December 13, 1957
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letter
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illustrated letter with envelope
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January 26, 1961 - 1963
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letter
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Handwritten, illustrated letter with envelope and newspaper clipping
Date
December 21, 1980
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Letter
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One-page 'Letter from National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Washington, DC, advising Cliff he had been awarded $5000.' and envelope
Date
23 December 1966
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letter
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Director, Whitney Museum. They are producing a line of stationery designed by artists. Would HCW consider designing a line?
Date
December 22, 1978
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letter
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(Alan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago) Enclosed review by Franz Schulze about the show. The drawings are almost all sold; one to the Art Institute, one to Jim Nutt, and one to Robert Gordy (New Orleans painter). 10 Swedes bought by Walter Nathan and Snake House by Alan and Dorothy Press.
Date
December 7, 1976
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letter
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Carl Bloom is HCW's maternal uncle. Mentions the Christmas visit of his grandchildren. He sent a box of avocadoes [from his grove] to Martha, Lenore, Harold and Ruth for Christmas but was unable to send any to HCW because they would freeze. He’s going to begin re-roofing tomorrow. Recounts stories of his [Carl’s] grandfather coming to the U.S. from Germany and his father [Carl’s] life in the U.S.
Date
December 26, 1963
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letter
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Christmas letter; glad HCW finally received the cup he sent. Discusses Billy Al [Bengston's] theory about "using works of art as a part of your daily activities…" "Am now going to quit for awhile and make sculptures of sculptures." He is getting ready for another trip to London.
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December 24, 1969
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letter
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Pleased to receive the announcement of Joanna's show in Washington and the letter and leaves from HCW. Glad to hear that HCW's health is better. The plane on the back of the last envelope looked like part of one of HCW's prints.
Date
December 8, 1975
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letter
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They are in Paris staying at a friends apartment. Mentions the current political situation in the U.S.--obscene profits by oil companies. They will head west in the summer. Kenny [Price] has moved to Santa Barbara and [Billy Al] Bengston has "rebuilt his L.A. art-whirl Taj Mahal once again." Larry Bell is now a father.
Date
December 8, 1974
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letter
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Fan letter from young sculptor in Oakland, CA. He encloses a piece of his called Opera Lips that he would like to give HCW as a Christmas gift.
Date
December 12, 1979
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letter
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He is planning a new publication [entitled S.M.S. (or Shit Must Stop) w/ The Letter Edged in Black Press] in portfolio form and he hopes HCW will contribute to it.
Date
December 1, 1967
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letter
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Enclosed check for $1000. “I will be talking before long to Jerry Ordover about our arrangements, as I quite agree that it is time (overdue) for a revision of our agreement.”
Date
December 13, 1976
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letter
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The print and box HCW sent him is so beautiful, it made him cry. “You’d have had to go to sea to make something like that.” He is sending some odds and ends under separate cover. “An old fellow, Erv, outside Lawrence, KS makes the machinery out of scrap that makes these things.” “I wanted you to see the book, the staircase—but all of it. It’s devout!”
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December 14, 1977
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letter
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[Billy Al Bengston's fiancée, then wife] Thanks for the Indian, it is her favorite from the Tamarind edition.
Date
December 30, 1968
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Letter
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Four pages, three double sided.
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December 29 1966
Title
Letter
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Four pages, three double sided.
Date
December 29 1966
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letter
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She appreciated HCW’s letter to her regarding Michael’s exhibition at Claire Copley’s.
Date
December 30, 1974
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letter
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Happy Holidays. Has finished those "miserable prints and can leave L.A. with a clear conscience." Is reading "Secrets of the Great Pyramid" which he thinks that HCW would really enjoy. Will be sending some "wall decoration" soon. Invites Westermann's to visit them in Taos.
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December 29, 1971
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letter
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Happy birthday to HCW. Glad to hear that HCW's health has improved. Enclosed a copy of Dennis' [Adrian] lecture. She is looking forward to the opening of the Whitney show at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. Mentions having seen the Billy Penn piece in HCW's studio. Family news. [Lecture not with letter.]
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December 3, 1978
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letter
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(Friend from Chicago) Thanks for HCW’s note, “it was passed around like a long lost friend.” Things are well with his family.
Date
December 18, 1978
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letter
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(University of Montana) Request to be visiting artist.
Date
December 22, 1976
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