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Illustrated Letter to the Adlers from Gisella Loeffer
Illustrated Letter to the Adlers from Gisella Loeffer
Illustrated Letter to the Adlers from Gisella Loeffer

Illustrated Letter to the Adlers from Gisella Loeffer

Artist (1902 - 1977 Taos, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1935
Mediumwatercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Peter Eller
Object numberPC2021.69.6
DescriptionA hand-painted letter dated February 14, illustrating three young girls, a man wearing a sombrero seen from behind, and a red burro (donkey). The man and burro walk away from the viewer toward a snowy landscape. The letter reads: "Wood is very scarce just now. Our neighbors say that the snow is very deep in the mountains. The piñon and cedar trees are just all snowed under. So I sit very near the stove to keep warm. Well the crackling and snapping of the cedar wood is friendly and cozy and keeps..."
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