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Box 5

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Contains 27 Results:

Grandma Moses Addressee: Louis Caldor Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, July 29, 1938

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 20
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"I will not paint for anyone else...It is strange what some people like...". Rudin # A-173

Dates: July 29, 1938
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Louis Caldor Writer's location: Postmarked Hoosick Falls, NY, May 16, 1939

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 21
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Grandma Moses wants to sell some of her pictures into the Albany Institute of Art and "strike while the iron is hot". Rudin # A-174

Dates: May 16, 1939
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Mrs. Robert Kent ("My Dear Girl Hazle") Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, November 26, 1940

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 22
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Writes of her increasing popularity, her visit to NY and her mortality. Rudin # A-175

Dates: November 26, 1940
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Louis Caldor Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, April 1, 1941

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23
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"I'm not sending any paintings to the Albany exhibit as there is not anything in it for me." Also says she has to put aside painting so she can care for some children. Rudin # A-176

Dates: April 1, 1941
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Mr. Caldor Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, January 26, 1942

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23a
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Moses writes Caldor about her boys preparing for the war and about her painting. Rudin # A-177

Dates: January 26, 1942
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Louis Caldor Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, July 3, 1943

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 24
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Mentions a photograph that makes her look "as fierce as a goose with one eye". Talks about all her sales and how busy she is. Tells Caldor "you are the one that set the ball a rolling". Says "I'm asking much more for the paintings" because all her materials cost more. Rudin # A-178

Dates: July 3, 1943
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

Grandma Moses Addressee: Mrs. Georgie Adams Writer's location: Eagle Bridge, NY, August 23, 1946

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 25
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Grandma Moses offers advice to an aspiring artist, "You can never tell what you can do till you try". Rudin # A-179

Dates: August 23, 1946
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6875, Gail and Stephen Rudin autograph collection

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