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MICHALS, DUANE (1932- ) "A Letter From my Father." Silver print, 4 3/4x7 inches (12.1x17.8 cm.), approximate sheet size 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Michals' signature, extensive handwritten caption (including "My father, brother and mother, 1960," in the right margin), and his edition notation 17/25, in ink, on recto. 1975
The full caption reads: "A Letter from My Father. As long as I can remember, my father always said to me that one day he would write me a very special letter. But he never mentioned what the letter would be about. I used to speculate about what great secret the letter would reveal, what surprise, what intimacy we would share.
I knew what I hoped the letter would reveal. I wanted him to tell me where he had hidden his affections. But then he died, and the letter never did arrive. And I never did find that place where he had hidden his love. "
