BIB_ID
332381
Accession number
MA 8010.13
Creator
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980.
Display Date
[1971-1973] Dec. 21.
Credit line
Purchased, 2012.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) : ill. ; 10.4 x 14.8 cm
Notes
Illustrated on the recto with the insignia of the guilds of Orvieto from the Museum of the Institution of the Cathedral.
Location of writing inferred from postmark and probable date.
Part of a collection of letters from Philip Guston to American sculptor Varujan Boghosian. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible years of writing based on postage stamp (6 cents), which was the domestic postal card rate in the United States from May 16, 1971 to March 1, 1974.
Signed "Love & Kisses, Musa & Philip."
With stamp and postmark (year illegible), and addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Boghosian in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Location of writing inferred from postmark and probable date.
Part of a collection of letters from Philip Guston to American sculptor Varujan Boghosian. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible years of writing based on postage stamp (6 cents), which was the domestic postal card rate in the United States from May 16, 1971 to March 1, 1974.
Signed "Love & Kisses, Musa & Philip."
With stamp and postmark (year illegible), and addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Boghosian in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Provenance
Purchased, 2012.
Summary
Remarking "this is all I've heard from Orvieto;" sending love and holiday greetings; noting that their trip to Hanover has been delayed; asking them to call or write soon.
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