Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 208

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250

PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)


Autograph Note Signed, to Jonathan Ned Katz, 10 lines written in margins of Katz's typed letter to him, concerning a painting by Cadmus.
Last lines and signature written vertically along right edge. Katz's letter, thanking for permission to reproduce his painting in a calendar for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and mentioning the possible significance of the red tie worn by a fairy in one of his paintings. 1 page, 4to; horizontal folds. [Weston, CT?], 13 September 1996.

Additional Details


". . . Yes, by all means use a detail of my painting. Be sure to get the title right and the spelling (REYNALDO) correct. The full title of the picture is LE RUBAN DÉNOUÉ: HOMMAGE À REYNALDO HAHN. . . ."
From the collection of Jonathan Ned Katz.