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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.281.2
People
Michael Silver, American (Brooklyn NY 1947 - 2003)
Title
Box of Correspondence relating to 1999.0281.1
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188874

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
32 x 23 x 7.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift from the Collection of Richard S. Sullivan and Melody Bostick Sullivan
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.281.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Hand-made box by Michael Silver, with his print John Cage - Escaping the Frame, glued to the cover. The box contains correspondence related to the event at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on August 31, 1999. Includes a letter to John Cage about the idea of cooking a drawing. Also includes thank-you notes from invited guests, such as Julia Child, several letters to Anne Hawley, director of the Gardner Museum, requesting permission to stage the event.

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