MS01.01.01 - Box 04 - Folder 01 - General Correspondence, 1987 January - August

[Glazed ceramic sculpture depicting a female figure with red pants with black stripes and gold spots. She is wearing a white top with gold trim. Her top is open. There is a small table with a vase with pink flowers. She is reclined, laying upon some sort of mat or pillow. There is a larger piece that is rectangular in shape. It is glazed with red and blue glazes in various patterns.]

GRACIE MANSION GALLERY 167 AVENUE A (AT 10TH ST) N.Y.C. 10009 - 477-7331

CLAUDIA DE MONTE

"Odalisques" May 21-June 14

Opening: Thursday, May 21, 7-9 P M

Claudia De Monte, After Matisse: Odalisque a la Culotte Rouge, 8" x 12" x 7, 1986. Courtesy Gracie Mansion Gallery.

ERIC ROBERTSON AFRICAN ARTS

19 May 87

Dear David,

Just a note to see whether or not your U.P.S. Shipment arrived with the two peices and to check if we missed your first payment.

Everybody here misses the two peices for entirely different reasons.

Yours, Eric

36 WEST 22 STREET/NEW YORK/N.Y. 10010/(212) 675 4045

David Stansbury Photography Box 444, Forest Park Station Springfield, MA 01108 413-736-8899

Invoice # 171 Date 5/20/87

INVOICE

CUSTOMER: FOR: David Driscoll

SUBJECT: photography of paintings for publication

STUDIO TIME/LOCATION FEE $ 200.00 1/2 DAY 5/4/87 TRAVEL/EXPENSES $ COLOR FILM $20.80 16 4 X 5 color @ 1.30 COLOR FILM PROCESSING $45.00 double run BXW FILM $ BXW FILM PROCESSING $ SLIDES $ POLAROIDS $ BXW PRINTS $ COLOR PRINTS $$ ADD. BXW PRINTS $ ADD. COLOR PRINTS $ CONTACT SHEETS $ MATERIALS/PROPS$ MODELS/FEES $ ****** ******

SUBTOTAL $ 265.80 SALES TAX $ SALES TAX EXPEMPT

TOTAL $265.80 ADD. BXW PRINTS

Japanese Art Ex.

Artists Associates JOHN BIGGERS

[redacted] (713) 529-2977 May 27, 1987

Dr. David C. Driskell, Consultant The Art of Black America in Japan [redacted]

Dear Dr. Driskell:

Mr. David Earl Jackson, project Coordinator, requsted that i send to you several slides of my creative work to enable you to make a choice for the proposed "Afro-American Modernism: 1937-1987", Exhibit. Also, biographical material. please find enclosed the following slides:

PAINTING, CLIMBING HIGHER MOUNTAINS....INS. VAL. 35,000.00 PAINTING, FOUR SISTERS....INSURANCE VALUE 25,000.00 PAINTING, PATCHWORK AND SHOTGUNS...15,000.00 INSURANCE VALUE DRAWING, FAMILY OF FOUR...INSURANCE VALUE 7,000.00 DRAWING, MIDNIGHT HOUR....INSURANCE VALUE 8,000.00 BROCHURE WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

With every good wish, I remain

Sincerely,

John Biggers