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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, October 14, 1946

 
Accession number B:BF 1946.10.14
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, October 14, 1946
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1946
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter informing Mildred Bliss that the Odilon Redon oil painting once hung in the library of Edith Wharton's home, Pavillon Colombe was being sent to the her. Beatrix Farrand mentions that Mildred Bliss may keep the painting for now or give it to Dumbarton Oaks.

On Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead with handwritten signature in ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

paintings (visual works)
oil paintings (visual works)
Redon, Odilon (French painter and printmaker, 1840-1916)
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Pavillon Colombe
mailing
joy
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Dumbarton Oaks
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)