Name/Title
Letters by Edwin Siegfried, 1947, 1948Entry/Object ID
1998.312.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.312.1 A & B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1947 AND 1948
OBJECT: LETTERS
DESCRIPTION:
PHOTOCOPY OF TWO HANDWRITTEN LETTERS ON WHITE-COLORED PAPER.
SIZE: L 11" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECTS:
A. LETTER DATED 1947.
B. LETTER DATED 1948.
THESE ARE HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO MAUDE AND WINSLOW FOSTER, FROM THE ARTIST, EDWIN SIEGFRIED, DATED 1947 AND 1948. AT THAT TIME THE ARTIST WAS LIVING AT 1813 1/2 ALAMEDA AVE. ALAMEDA, CA. THE LETTER (1947) EXPRESSES MR SIEGFRIED'S APPRECIATION FOR HAVING BEEN INVITED TO A FAMILY WEDDING. IN THE 1948 LETTER, HE MENTIONED A GIFT HE HAD PRESENTED TO THE FOSTER FAMILY: ONE OF HIS PASTEL PAINTINGS OF THE MARSHES.
DONORS:
MR AND MRS WINSLOW FOSTER
DATE: OCTOBER 3, 1998
