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The greatest satisfaction of my photographic career" - Autograph Letter Signed
by [Graham, Martha. (1894–1991)] Morgan, Barbara. (1900–1992)
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Used; Like New/Used; Like New. ALS from the American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dance to a "Mr. Harris," regarding her greatest professional achievements. 1-23-69; 2 pp. on personal stationary. Morgan writes, in full, "Dear Mr. Harris: / Perhaps the greatest satisfaction of my photographic career is the carrying over of the art of photography into book form. I have conceived, written, photographed + designed my books: / Martha Graham, Sixteen Dances in Photographs / Dull, Sloan + Pearce, N.Y. –1941 / Summers Children, A Photographic Cycle of Life at Camp / Morgan + Morgan, N.Y. 1951 / A new revised edition of my Graham book is in process now. / It was also fulfilling to write seven articles on photography in the newest Encyclopedia of Photography – Pub. Greystone Press, N.Y.C. "Abstraction in Photography," Advancing Photography as Art, Dance Photography, Esthetics of Photography, Juxtaposition, Photo montage, Scope of Action. / I am now preparing a one-man show for the Smithsonian in Washington, and working on a new book which is primarily photographic. / Best wishes— / Mrs. Barbara Morgan / 1-23-69 / I am in 'Who's Who in American Art' - 1966. It is perhaps my greatest satisfaction in another dimension, that my two song, Douglas and Lloyd, are carrying on our photographic publishing firm–Morgan and Morgan, Inc. after the recent death of my husband from cancer." In fine condition. 7.25 x 10 inches (18.4 x 25.4 cm.).
While attending an early Martha Graham Dance Company performance in 1935, Barbara Morgan was struck by the importance of what she was seeing. As she later wrote in a 1964 of Aperture, the photography magazine she co-founded, "the photographers and painters who dealt with the Depression, often, it seemed to me, only added to defeatism without giving courage or hope. Yet the galvanizing protest danced by Martha Graham, Humphrey-Weidman, Tamiris and others was heartening. Often nearly starving, they never gave up, but forged life affirming dance statements of American society in stress and strain. In this role, their dance reminded me of Indian ceremonial dances which invigorate the tribe in drought and difficulty."
While attending an early Martha Graham Dance Company performance in 1935, Barbara Morgan was struck by the importance of what she was seeing. As she later wrote in a 1964 of Aperture, the photography magazine she co-founded, "the photographers and painters who dealt with the Depression, often, it seemed to me, only added to defeatism without giving courage or hope. Yet the galvanizing protest danced by Martha Graham, Humphrey-Weidman, Tamiris and others was heartening. Often nearly starving, they never gave up, but forged life affirming dance statements of American society in stress and strain. In this role, their dance reminded me of Indian ceremonial dances which invigorate the tribe in drought and difficulty."
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- The greatest satisfaction of my photographic career" - Autograph Letter Signed
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- [Graham, Martha. (1894–1991)] Morgan, Barbara. (1900–1992)
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