Edith Kermit Roosevelt (927-2003) Letter to silhouette artist Beatrix Sherman dated April 5, 1966. Edith Kermit Roosevelt is the granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt she was an American Journalist and lecturer she is the daughter of Archibold and Grace Roosevelt. Biography: Beatrix Sherman styled herself after 19th C. French silhouette artist Auguste Edouart. Sherman, like Edouart, kept books with an extra copy of each sitter's silhouette enabling her to create an extensive personal archive that included both the silhouettes and the sitter's (sic.) autographs. Sherman traveled extensively, established a permanent studio in Manhattan throughout the 1950’s. She attended art classes at The Art Students League, eventually becoming a lifetime member. From an early age, she had begun copyrighting silhouettes of several of the famous people she cut. Sherman’s subjects include all the U.S. Presidents, as well as other politicians, military leaders, writers, royalty, prominent businessmen and women, socialites, athletes, artists, theatre, film actors, producers and directors.

11 x 8 1/2
Property of a New Orleans collector, Silhouettes acquired from the Family of Beatrix Sherman

Losses to corners and edge, creases from folding