Letter #8

Alex Traube (b. 1946)

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. in ink: So many times we made \ the long subway ride \ from the Village to \ the Bronx to see Grandma \ and Uncle Milton. I \ remember the delicious, \ steaming platefuls of \ food which I devoured \ hungrily. Uncle Milton \ played marbles with me \ or catch. I even loved \ to hear all of you \ speaking Hungarian--
l.l. in ink: Letter #8.
l.c. in ink: 9/50
l.r. in ink: As time passed the old \ neighborhood ran down \ and Uncle Milton moved \ to Queens. He takes his \ walks peacefully there, \ and in the summer sits \ in the park reading his \ newspaper. The day we \ moved him was a \ happy event. Aunt \ Gladyse, with the help \ of a little whiskey, did a \ dance with me around his \ new apartment.
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

P1990.32.8
Copyright

© Alex Traube

Location: Off view

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