Ben Shahn letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1964 June 15.

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Ben Shahn letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1964 June 15.

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Shahn writes to Untermeyer, postmarked 15 June 1964, expressing unwillingness to sell a single painting from his Love sonnets series, citing his disappointment over the dispersal of his earlier Sacco-Vanzetti series as the reason. He invites him to stop by to see them, and offers to bring them to New York the next time he visits.

2 p. + envelope.

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Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...