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Archives of American Art
Letters to Mario Carreño from Enrique Riveron
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.riveenri2
- Creators:
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Carreño, MarioRiverón, Enrique
- Dates:
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1981-1990
- Languages:
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Spanish; Castilian.
- Physical Description:
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34 Items
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Riveron's letters to his friend and fellow Cuban artist Mario Carreño are chatty and informal. He writes about his wife Noella, various exhibitions, mutual friends, memories of their days in Cuba, health issues, politics, the weather, pricing paintings, his collages, his longings for Paris and New York, and holidays. All letters are in Spanish.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Mario Carreno (1913-1999) was a painter, born in Havana, Cuba and later moved to Santiago, Chile. He friend Enrique Riverón (1902-1998) was a painter, sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator from Miami, Florida.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 5142 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1997 by Ido Gonzalez de Carreño, the wife of Mario Carreño.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Latino and Latin American artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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