Letters to My Father

Letters to My Father

Photograph

Alex Traube

Maker
American, b. 1946

Letters to My Father

1976
Gelatin silver prints
11/50
Image (top): 6 1/8 × 6 1/16 in. (15.6 × 15.4 cm)
Image (bottom): 4 7/16 × 2 5/8 in. (11.3 × 6.7 cm)
Paper: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.7 cm)
1977.0406.0003
Inscriptions Inscribed on recto in black ink BL: Who was this young \ woman to you? \ Were there ever any \ times of tranquility \ and happiness \ between you? And, \ was your only joy \ with her when she \ bore you a son?
Inscribed on recto in black ink BR: I suppose I look \ as much like her \ as I do you. I \ feared for the longest \ time that she would \ come and take me \ away from you. \ But she didn't. She \ moved West and \ bore other sons.

Inscribed on recto in black ink BLC: Letter #3
Inscribed on recto in black ink BC: 11/50
Inscribed on recto in black ink BRC: Alex Traube 1976. [signature]

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