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Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 31, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.05.31
Scope and Contents:

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss tells her that the two [Odilon] Redon pictures which belonged to Edith Wharton will remain with her for her lifetime, then the smaller oil painting will go to Dumbarton Oaks if it wishes to have it. She has made a memorandum for her executors indicating her desire.

Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, June 13, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.06.13
Scope and Contents: Dictated typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand. Mildred Bliss was hoping that Beatrix Farrand would stop in Washington, D.C. on her way to Calfornia as she had much to talk over with her. She thanks her for the recent letter and photographs. She reports the Garden Club met at Dumbarton Oaks and Anne Sweeney gave a talk about the Catalogue House. Royall Tyler leaves for New York and Robert Bliss is going to hear him speak at the...