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Letter from Ernestine to Frida Kahlo, 1932

Typewritten letter on yellowed stationery paper. The letterhead reads: Philadelphia . London Montreal . Chicago. There is a graphic of tree, sunrise, and words "DROIT ET AVANT". PUBLISHERS: J . B . LIPPINCOTT . COMPANY, TELEPHONE PHILADELPHIA CABLE, LOMBARD 4100 PENNSYLVANIA LIPPINGAR.
Creator
Ernestine
Recipient
Frida Kahlo
Language
English

Overview

This is a letter from a woman named Ernestine to Frida Kahlo. Ernestine was an American friend of Kahlo.

Original Document

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Page 1, Letter from Ernestine to Frida Kahlo, ca. 1932; NMWA, Archives of Women Artists; The Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930-1954

Transcription

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Dear Freda,

Send me back an air mail letter telling me these many
things…how you like Detroit; if it is terribly expensive at
your hotel; if you really mmmm plan to stay on; if you mean to
move into cheaper quarters; if you think I would like it for three
or four weeks if I came west? I should have to live very cheaply
that is the only trouble.

New York weather has been so gay and pleasant lately
that I almost wish you were back. But maybe the change has been
fun, and maybe Detroit is making you paint. You must paint, you
know, or have a child, which isnt so easy; and you must
enjoy
this strange and terrible spring with its omens and its ends
to an old era; and you must keep Diego from wasting
himself in
theories and in touch with people whom he can free.

Dear Girl, I am tired today. But write soon and tell
me what Detroit has spread out for you; and whether my
visit
would amuse you; or have you found friends and company already.

Love,

Ernestine

To Irving Place