3 letters from Gary Snyder to artist Richard Caldwell Brewer
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Author: Snyder, Gary
Title: Three letters from Gary Snyder to artist Richard Caldwell Brewer
Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: 1953-60
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3 single page letters from Gary Snyder to Richard Caldwell Brewer. Comprises:
Typewritten letter sent from Marblemount, Wash., dated "1 August [1953]." With a few lines written in holograph, and signed with "G." Stamped type addressed envelope included.
Handwritten letter sent from Yosemite, Calif., dated "16 July [1955]." Signed "Gary," with chop stamp as well. Stamped hand addressed envelope included.
Typewritten Aerogramme sent from Japan, dated "5.V.60." With holograph signature, "Gary."Â
Also present is Snyder's poem, "August on Sourdough, A Visit from Dick Brewer," clipped from a magazine. Beneath the poem in blue pen is written (possibly in Brewer's hand), "Gary Snyder in 'Holiday' Aug. 6 1966."
Three warm and engaging full page letters from Gary Snyder. He mentions the rugged life of living on the Washington coast, being hired on a trail crew in Yosemite, and getting married to Joanne Kyger. Scarce early letters from Snyder.
Part of the second-generation New York School, Richard Caldwell Brewer along with his circle of artist friends, represent the lesser-known art scene that emerged in the wake of abstract expressionism. Close friends and contemporaries with art world notables, such as Robert De Niro Sr., Nell Blaine, Leland Bell, and Samuel Wagstaff, His move to California in the 1950s brought him in touch with San Francisco’s vibrant Beat poet scene, and he maintained his ties to NYC traveling between the two coasts regularly.
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