Carnegie Institute. Museum of Art (est. 1902 )
Mary Cassatt to John Wesley Beatty, 1909 Oct. 6
Mary Cassatt, Letter to John Beatty, October 6, [undated]. Carnegie Institute Museum of Art papers.
The director of the Carnegie Institute Museum of Art asked each of the artists who participated in the semiannual Carnegie International Exhibitions to send a personal photograph, which would be published in the catalog. In this letter, Cassatt (1844–1926) vehemently refused his request: “…it would be very disagreeable to me to have my image in a catalogue or in any publication…. What has the public to do with the personal appearance of the author of a picture or statue? Why should such curiosity if it exists be gratified?”
Mary Cassatt to John Wesley Beatty, 1909 Oct. 6. Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 19 x 14. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records. Archives of American Art.
Mary Cassatt to John Wesley Beatty, 1909 Oct. 6. Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 19 x 14. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records. Archives of American Art.
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