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Research Collections > Image Gallery > Miné Okubo letter to Roy Leeper

Miné Okubo letter to Roy Leeper, 1971 Nov. 22

Physical Details: Letter : 1 item : handwritten, ill. ; 27 x 19 cm.

Sender: Miné Okubo (1912-2001)

Recipient: Roy Leeper

Description: Mine Okubo wishes Roy Leeper a "Happy Bird Day" and goes on to discuss her visits to the Frick Collection and Metropolitan Museum of Art, writing, "I understand what goes in all the great arts of past." Showing her sense of playfulness, Okubo signs the letter, "Squirrelville Okubo."

Forms part of: Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall collection of Miné Okubo papers, [ca. 1950]-1998

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Miné Okubo letter to Roy Leeper, 1971 Nov. 22. Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall collection of Miné Okubo papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 10035

Subjects:

  • Frick Collection
  • Holidays
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • Okubo, Miné

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