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Letter #3

Alex Traube (b. 1946)

Object Details

  • Date

    1976

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    13 15/16 x 11 in.

  • Edition

    portfolio 9/50

  • Inscriptions

    Sheet Recto:

    l.l.: Who was this young \ woman to you? \ Were there ever any \ times of happiness \ and tranquility \ between you? And, \ was your only joy \ with her when she \ bore you a son?

    l.l. in ink: Letter #3

    l.c. in ink: 9/50

    l.r. in ink: I suppose I look as \ much like her as I \ do you. I feared \ for the longest time \ that she would come / and take me away \ from you. But she \ didn't. She moved \ West and bore other sons.

    l.r. signed and dated in ink: Alex Traube 1976

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Andrew Smith, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Accession Number

    P1990.32.3

  • Copyright

    © Alex Traube

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