Letter from Elizabeth to Frida Kahlo, Aug 9 [no year]

Typewritten letter on thin, yellowed paper with red and brown stains. The original correspondence includes the word "very" repeated several times in a visually interesting way.
Creator
Elizabeth
Recipient
Frida Kahlo
Language
English

Overview

This is a letter from a woman named Elizabeth to Frida Kahlo. Elizabeth and her husband Jimmy were American friends of Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Original Document

Typewritten letter on thin, yellowed paper with red and brown stains. The original correspondence includes the word
Page 1, Letter from Elizabeth to Frida Kahlo, Aug 9 [no year]; NMWA, Archives of Women Artists; The Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930-1954
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Transcription

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August 9th.
R.F.D.#3,
Putnam,
Connecticut.

Dear Freida, Carmencita,

Malú and Harry have been visiting us. Malú tells me that she is
a bitch and has not written you and that you have been sick.

I am very
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SORRY.

My address is at the top of the letter. Write to me and tell all.

Give Diego my love. I wish you both would come to see us.

Jimmy and I love you both as many verys as above much.

Love

Elizabeth