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Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller, 1961-1991

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Series 1: Letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller , 1961-1991
0.6 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2

Swan, writing to her friends Rosalind and Edwin Miller, discusses her husband Alan Fink's positions as an art dealer and owner of the Alpha Gallery in Boston, mentioning artists Milton Avery, Gregory Gillespie, Don Gustin, Ellsworth Kelly, Boris Mirski, and Andy Stevovich.
Swan discusses her own painting career, her son Aaron's art career and daughter Joanna's career as assistant to Alan. Personal issues and friendships discussed include her health problems dealing with lupus; family vacations and activities with Swan's mother and aunt; Peter and Edith Milton, and Bernard and Ninion Chaet; her numerous trips to New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for various art openings; and her friendship with poet Anne Sexton. She discusses illustrating Sexton's versions of Grimm's fairytales, portraits of various friends and commissions, exhibitions, painting style, and inspirations for her bottle and quarry reflection paintings.
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Letters, 1961-1969
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1
Letters, 1970-1973
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2
Letters, 1974-1976
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3
Letters, 1977-1979
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Letters, 1980-1982
1
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Letters, 1983-1986
1
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Letters, 1987-1989
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1
Letters, 1990-1991
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