ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8.5 x 13.25, April 26, 1978. Letter to Jim Stieglitz. In full: “I must say to you that I find your telephone conversation very unpleasant. I do not wish to be called dearie—and I do not wish to be called darling—and there is certainly no sense in saying that you love me. When you say you are loving the world just count me out. You must have been drunk. I hope to have no more telephone calls and hope not to see you again.” In fine condition, with a few trivial creases. In our October auction, we offered a typed letter with identical content—this must have been the draft for it. In 1981, Stieglitz, the grandson of a brother of O’Keeffe’s late husband, would be charged by the FBI for illegally copying and printing O’Keeffe’s works as lithographs, selling them for $1000 a piece. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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