Typed letter signed "Jo Davidson" to Seymour Halpern ("Mr. Halpern") in reply to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to his success in life

(SCULPTURE) Davidson, Jo

Edité par [Paris], 1931

1p. on personal letterhead. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. American sculptor Jo Davidson (1883-1952) got his first break when he was befriended by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who was the first to purchase one of his sculptures. Reading in part: "I am afraid that I don not know any more (sic) about it than you do. First of all, the very word "success' is very elastic. Abraham Lincoln, when asked that very same question, replied: "I had a frined" - I don't think I could improve on that, but I will say this - that I loved my job, and still do, and luck was with me." Working primarily in bronze and terra cotta, Davidson is best known for his portraits of famous politicians, financiers, military men, authors and celebrities of his day including Arthur Conan Doyle, Clarence Darrow, Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein, Hellen Keller, John D. Rockefeller, Franklin Roosevelt, Walt Whitman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, H. G. Wells, Gertrude Stein, Josip Tito, Carl Sandburg, George Bernard Shaw, Mahatma Gandhi, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, Henry Luce, Andrew Mellon, James Barrie, and Joseph Conrad. The National Portrait Gallery owns 42 pieces of Davidson's work. As a high school student, Seymour Halpern (1913-1997), wrote letters to many notables of the day including politicians, military officers, entertainers, diplomats, artists, activists, writers, and businessmen, inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. Halpern would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1973. 1p. on personal letterhead. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. N° de réf. du vendeur 310041

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Titre : Typed letter signed "Jo Davidson" to Seymour...
Éditeur : [Paris]
Date d'édition : 1931
Etat : Very good