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Juan Larrea, recipient: Jacques Lipchitz

Letter from Juan Larrea to Jacques Lipchitz

1 November 1933

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Juan Larrea 1895 – 1980
Recipient
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Date
1 November 1933
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Created by
Juan Larrea 1895 – 1980
Recipient
Jacques Lipchitz 1891–1973
Title
Letter from Juan Larrea to Jacques Lipchitz
Date
1 November 1933
Description
Sent from Boulogne, addressed to Jacques. Juan Larrea speaks about his poetic feelings: 'I would like to find words which, passing by the ears, will nest into the depth of the heart, casting light on the most thick shadows...'. About Jewishness, race and the 'collective body of mankind'. About 'the Mother', 'the Life' and 'the Will'. Signed: 'Juan'.
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Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Rubin Lipchitz, March 1989; the cataloguing and selective digitisation of this archive collection was supported by Mr Timm Bergold, 2023
Reference
TGA 897/1/1/240/26

Archive context

  • Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897 (451)
    • Correspondence TGA 897/1 (212)
      • Correspondence to and from Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1 (183)
        • Correspondence between Juan and Marguerite Larrea and Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/240 (10)
          • Letter from Juan Larrea to Jacques Lipchitz TGA 897/1/1/240/26
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