BIB_ID
313877
Accession number
MA 14953
Creator
Freedman, Barnett, 1901-1958.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 12.6 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on personalized letterhead stationery from: Barnett Freedman. 59 Cornwall Gardens London SW7. Western 2449.
Signed "Yours truly Barnett Freedman".
Letter acquired with small collection of printed items and illustrated ephemera relating to Barnett Freedman (GNR 6661), the individual items of which have been cataloged separately.
Signed "Yours truly Barnett Freedman".
Letter acquired with small collection of printed items and illustrated ephemera relating to Barnett Freedman (GNR 6661), the individual items of which have been cataloged separately.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Thanking him for sending him a copy of a book and remarking that twenty years ago Kenneth Clark had told him that he "was "the only artist that I have ever met that has mentioned Mad Martin to me" (a reference to the artist John Martin (1789-1954), a subject of multiple publications by Balston), adding "In those days he was very little heard about!"; writing that he would like to look over Balston's set "Barnett Freedman Christmas cards", and offering to "fill in any gaps" in his collection, if he wishes.
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