Louis M. Eilshemius letter to Mr. W. J. F
name: label: Creator
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1994 by James A. Gay, a Hartford, Conn. native and a Roman Catholic priest. According to Gay, the letter came from either Gay's great-uncle George A. Gay (d. 1939), a collector in Hartford, Conn., or, more likely, from Reverend Andrew Kelly (d. 1947), a collector and a friend of James Gay's family, and he believes, a friend of Eilshemius as well.
creator: label: Creator
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mathematician, composer, writer. New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935 Mar. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eilsloul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Handwritten lighthearted letter from Eilshemius to Mr. W. J. F., probably a critic. Eilshemius writes: "Dear Mr. Writer in Art: I quite appreciate your kindness to let your Hartford, Conn. readers know a BIT about my stupendous production ... The matter with the art world is: the layman does not go to the artist to buy. The dealer is the lord. The layman could encourage the artist, thus letting the artist produce better work. That is what I've been lacking." On the verso: "This is sotto voce ... This is not for print."