BIB_ID
316403
Accession number
MA 3848.186
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1959-1960].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph letters of Dame Edith Sitwell to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Parker Tyler and Sitwell corresponded about his biography of Tchelitchew beginning in October 1959 through 1960. His work, The divine comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew was published in 1967.
Written on Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club stationery.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter: Parker Tyler and Sitwell corresponded about his biography of Tchelitchew beginning in October 1959 through 1960. His work, The divine comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew was published in 1967.
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Saying how disappointed she is about yesterday; thanking her for some lilies; hoping she has recovered from the flu; remarking that she has spent a good deal of time writing about "the D.H. Lawrences" for the Observer; complaining about Baby Beryl; mentioning that the following day a "fearful man" called Parker Tyler is calling to interview her about Pavlik for a book he is writing on the artist.
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