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Marguerite Wildenhain(1896-1985), “Open Letter to Bernard Leach,” 1953 (4 pages) |
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Marguerite Wildenhain (1896-1985), “Open Letter to Bernard Leach,” 1953 (4 pages). Wildenhain rejected Leach's idea that a country has one “taproot” of tradition. She argued for a more pluralistic approach: "America cannot have just one expression, it forcibly must have as many forms of expression as total life has....if you want the crafts to remain alive and perhaps even to grow roots again in our civilization, give them freedom, education, and good creative experimenting." Marguerite Wildenhain papers. Gift of Marguerite Wildenhain, 1973-1981. |
“Open Letter to Bernard Leach” from Marguerite Wildenhain, 1953. 4 p. Typescript. 28 x 22 cm. Marguerite Wildenhain papers, 1930-1982. Archives of American Art. |
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