Research Catalog

Title

2 autograph letters, signed, and one typed note, signed, to Julian Beck and Judith Malina ; with 4 checks (March-April 1952) made out to Ashbery by Beck.

Author

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Publication

New York : 1952

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Details

Additional Authors

• Beck, Julian, 1925-1985
• Malina, Judith, 1926-2015

Description

[4] leaves, + [4] checks; 8x21 - 28x22 cm

Subjects

• French drama > Translations into English
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 > Desire caught by the tail
• Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Correspondence

Note

• Description of checks’ purpose on back of Ap. 6 check, in Beck’s hand, explaining that they are payment for Ashbery’s acting in the Living Theatre production of Picasso’s farce, Desire Trapped [i.e., Caught] by the Tail, in which Ashbery and fellow poet Frank O’Hara played the two Bow-wows.
• Autograph letter, signed, Feb. 21, [1952], 1 p. ; typed letter, signed, [n.d], 1 p.; autograph letter, signed, [n.d.], 1 p. ; autograph letter, signed (T & T), 1 p.
• Corn Exchange bank Trust Co. checks dated Mar. 9, 16, 23; Ap. 6, 1952.
• In mylar sleeves sewn into in gray folder, housed in brown clamshell box.

Access (note)

• Restricted access

Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Ashbery A.l.s. to Julian Beck and Judith Malina

OCLC

947856995

Author

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Title

2 autograph letters, signed, and one typed note, signed, to Julian Beck and Judith Malina ; with 4 checks (March-April 1952) made out to Ashbery by Beck.

Imprint

New York : 1952

Access

Restricted access: request permission in holding division.

Local Note

Formerly in Backlog S5a.​

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Added Author

Beck, Julian, 1925-1985, addressee.

Malina, Judith, 1926-2015, addressee.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Ashbery A.l.s. to Julian Beck and Judith Malina