BIB_ID
291848
Accession number
MA 5133.19
Creator
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.
Display Date
Tuesday [ca. 1915].
Credit line
Purchased in honor of Francis S. Mason on the occasion of his tenth anniversary at the Morgan Library, 1985.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Arnold Genthe moved from San Francisco to New York in 1911, and he first photgraphed Isadora Duncan in 1915.
Part of a collection of correspondence to and from Isadora Duncan and a printed program for a 1916 dress rehearsal. Items are cataloged individually in 21 records (MA 5133.1-21); see main record for more information.
Written from his studio at "1 W 46th St." No salutation. Signed "Very devotedly, Arnold Genthe."
Part of a collection of correspondence to and from Isadora Duncan and a printed program for a 1916 dress rehearsal. Items are cataloged individually in 21 records (MA 5133.1-21); see main record for more information.
Written from his studio at "1 W 46th St." No salutation. Signed "Very devotedly, Arnold Genthe."
Provenance
Purchased in honor of Francis S. Mason on the occasion of his tenth anniversary at the Morgan Library in 1985.
Summary
Discussing plans to meet, noting that he has "been a slave to [his] work" and is busy that afternoon. Begging Duncan to allow Genthe to photograph her, assuring her that they "will be able to do something which [she] and [her] friends will like."
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