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Bernard Berenson Letters 1935-1949. 

Creator: 
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
Phys. Desc: 
0.5 linear ft. ( 1 box)
Call Number: 
MS#0102
Location: 
Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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Biographical Note

Art critic, author.

Scope and Contents

Fifty-eight letters, including three fragments of letters, from Berenson to Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893-1976), 1935-1949. The letters deal with art and esthetics, travel, international affairs, and the personal lives of Berenson and Prince Paul. All are autograph and signed with initials. Included are a postcard photograph of Berenson at ages twenty-one and seventy-one, and an autograph letter from Arthur Bliss Lane to Prince Paul.