BIB_ID
437291
Accession number
MA 23747
Creator
Fischl, Eric, 1948-.
Display Date
Saint-Tropez, France, circa 1982.
Credit line
Gift of Hugh W. Downe, 2019.
Description
1 item (2 pages) : illustration ; 29.5 x 21 cm
Notes
The letter is undated. Estimated year of writing from Hugh W. Downe.
Illustrated on the recto with a large pen-and-ink drawing depicting two beachgoers: a walking man in profile and a nude woman fixing her hair.
Illustrated on the recto with a large pen-and-ink drawing depicting two beachgoers: a walking man in profile and a nude woman fixing her hair.
Provenance
Edward R. Downe.
Summary
Responding to a dinner invitation from Downe to Fischl and his wife, artist April Gornik; describing the house they are staying in; remarking on the local beachgoers: "Enjoying watching the beach traffic - some gorgeous - some absurd - I love the ones who roll their bathing suits down to their knees so as not to get tan lines - but won't take them all the way off cause the[y] don't want to be naked."
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