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Postcard from William Gaddis, place not identified, to David Markson?, 1977 December? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
384713
Accession number
MA 8675.15
Creator
Gaddis, William, 1922-1998, sender.
Display Date
Place not identified, 1977 December.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) : 10.2 x 15.2 cm
Notes
Date is based on Markson's birthdate of Dec. 20, 1927; he would have turned 50 in Dec. 1977.
The pictorial postcard shows a detail from the Book of Kells from a show called "Treasures of Early Irish Art" that traveled to a series of American museums in 1977-1979.
Part of a collection of letters from William Gaddis to David Markson. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 8675.1-15 for details.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Apologizing for missing his 50th birthday because he "was up finishing [his] teaching assignment at Bard College."