BIB_ID
414132
Accession number
MA 9076.199
Creator
Rattner, Abraham, sender.
Display Date
Montauk, New York, 1940s.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.7 cm
Notes
Possible date of writing based on content.
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.
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
Updating Rosenberg on his living situation in Montauk in a small house by the ocean; writes that he thinks of how difficult the war must be for the soldiers fighting the "krauts"; noting the contrast between the natural paradise of the landscape and the hell of war; sending best wishes to Rosenberg, his wife and family; (in a postscript) mentions a collection of colored prints that collector Lessing Rosenwald believes are important.
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