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Postcard from Matta, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, to Paul Rosenberg, 1942 June 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
414094
Accession number
MA 9076.185
Creator
Matta, 1912-2002, sender.
Display Date
Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1942 June 23.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm
Notes
Date of writing from postmark.
Postmarked and stamped.
Written on picture postcard with coloring by Matta.
Part of a large collection of letters from French artists primarily to the art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Items in the collection are cataloged individually as MA 9076.1-227.
See also MA 3500, a related collection that also comprises letters from French artists and writers to Paul Rosenberg, which was acquired by the Morgan as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg in 1980.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Summary
Writing (in French): "In a thunderstorm at sea, surrounded by lakes and rare feathers, a painting takes ... (illegible)."