Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Eric Fischl, Saint-Tropez, to Edward R. Downe, circa 1982 : autograph manuscript signed.

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.
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."