BIB_ID
445371
Accession number
MA 4733.36:26
Creator
Howes, Barbara, sender.
Display Date
Florence, Italy, 1955
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 11.5 x 16 cm (folded) + envelope
Notes
Return address on envelope: "Smith / Via delle Coste 3 / Fiesole / (Firenze) / Italia".
Addressed to: "Herbert Cahoon Esq. / 151 East 83rd St / New York 28, N.Y. / U.S.A".
Written on greeting card featuring line drawn turtle: "TURTLE by David Smith".
Note written on page 3 ("[illegible] + love + when / will we see you?") signed "Barbara + Bill / David + Gregory" in Barbara's hand; note written on page 4 signed "Barbara".
Sheet folded to four pages, pages 1 and 2 blank.
Addressed to: "Herbert Cahoon Esq. / 151 East 83rd St / New York 28, N.Y. / U.S.A".
Written on greeting card featuring line drawn turtle: "TURTLE by David Smith".
Note written on page 3 ("[illegible] + love + when / will we see you?") signed "Barbara + Bill / David + Gregory" in Barbara's hand; note written on page 4 signed "Barbara".
Sheet folded to four pages, pages 1 and 2 blank.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Checking in with Herbert; inquiring as to whether or not he has plans to travel to Italy; mentioning that they [Barbara and her husband, William Jay Smith] are "thinking of staying on for a while" in Italy; asking Herbert to write to her.
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