[Rarebooks] FS: Letter from Stone Mountain Sculptor Charles Rudy

[Charles Agvent]

RUDY, Charles. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). Ottsville, PA, 10 August 
1942. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the sculptor to an 
acquaintance congratulating him [Rudy won a Guggenheim in 1942] with 
much news about his activities. He tells of his good fortune "especially 
at this time when there are no longer public and private commissions to 
be had.... We have been here over a year now. Cooper Union and I parted 
company in the spring of 1941 and, though it was a great experience and 
very interesting, it was the best thing for me after being there ten 
years.... I've been carving and modelling and last winter I experimented 
in casting in lead in my barn." Much more. Some folds and wrinkling with 
closed tears at the center with no loss of text. Very Good.

Charles Rudy achieved national status as a sculptor for his work on 
public buildings across the country, beginning with his WPA commission, 
along with Ben Shahn, at the Bronx Post Office to his work on the 
controversial Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia. 
(#019628)        $100

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