- Created by
- Marie Seton 1910–1985
- Recipient
- Ronald Moody 1900–1984
- Title
- Letter from Marie Seton to Ronald Moody, addressed from New York
- Date
- 10 September 1940
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by Cynthia Moody, the sculptor's niece, 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 956/1/2/58/1
Description
This letter includes Marie Seton's response to poetry which Ronald Moody had sent to her, arrangements for sending money to Marseilles, attempts to arrange an exhibition in Boston for Moody, and possible Boyer Gallery interest in him. Marie Seton also describes her reaction to civilian war activity and discusses her appreciation of her background and a new sense of sureness within herself. There are references to arrangements for the release of her Eisenstein film 'Time in the Sun' (a compilation of material Eisenstein shot in Mexico).
Archive context
- Papers of Ronald Moody TGA 956 (248)
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- Correspondence TGA 956/1 (84)
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- Correspondence with friends TGA 956/1/2 (84)
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- Letters from Marie Seton TGA 956/1/2/58 (71)
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- Letter from Marie Seton to Ronald Moody, addressed from New York TGA 956/1/2/58/1