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Andrei Shimkevich, recipient: Berthe Lipchitz

Letter from Andrei Shimkevich to Berthe Lipchitz

10–12 December 1933

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Created by
Andrei Shimkevich
Recipient
Berthe Lipchitz
Title
Letter from Andrei Shimkevich to Berthe Lipchitz
Date
10–12 December 1933
Description
Letter consists of two parts, the first dated 10 December, the second 12 December, marked as 'Continuation'. Andrei writes that he is changing for good. That he needs to study more. He recalls Paris 'as a dream, beautiful, but alien to me'.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Rubin Lipchitz, March 1989; the cataloguing and selective digitisation of this archive collection was supported by Mr Timm Bergold, 2023
Reference
TGA 897/1/3/26/4

Archive context

  • Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
    • Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
      • Correspondence to and from Berthe Lipchitz (Kitrosser) TGA 897/1/3 (28)
        • Correspondence between Andrei Shimkevich and Berthe and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/3/26 (11)
          • Letter from Andrei Shimkevich to Berthe Lipchitz TGA 897/1/3/26/4
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