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: 6 9/16 × 5 3/8 in. (16.7 × 13.7 cm)
Paper: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.7 × 35.2 cm)
1977.0406.0004
Inscriptions Inscribed on recto in black ink TR: One night, when I was still living \ with my mother, she told me that \ it was time for me to fo to bed. \ That she had a surprise to give me \ when she came to tuck me in. I \ waited eagerly for my surprise. When \ she came in and I asked for it, \ she bent over and kissed me and said, \ "I love you". \ I wonder if my disappointment was \ because I couldn't make myself believe \ her.

Inscribed on recto in black ink BLC: Letter #4
Inscribed on recto in black ink BC: 11/50
Inscribed on recto in black ink BRC: Alex Traube 1976. [signature]

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