Correspondence with Zohmah, 1934

Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. 1934. Jean Charlot Collection, Correspondence, "Jean Charlot to Zohmah Day Charlot". Box 1, folder 5.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: Grand Canyon, AZ, March 8, 1934, 10:00PM.

  Text:

  [picture]
  "Afternoon"—view from The Indian Watchtower, Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, from painting by Gunnar Widforss.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I am mailing Priscilla her drawing.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Another thing why you cannot go day coach is that the baggage allowance is only 25 pounds.

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  Verso. Text:

  [drawing]
  Happy Easter to you.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Envelope. Postmarked: Ames, IA, April 3, 1934, 12:30PM.

  Text begins:

  [address]
  Zohmah Day c/o Prudence Perry
  933 Schumacher Drive
  Los Angeles Cal

  [return address]
  918 Wilson Ave
  Ames, Iowa

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: possibly April 3, 1934. Annotated by Zohmah: "5/3/34".

  Text begins:

  Dear, you must get sleep on the train, or you would get sick.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot.

  Text:

  [drawing: flower]
  Zohmah dear
  [rebus: four items, including volcano, island with palm trees, angel with flower]
  Jean

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "London", "April 23 1934".

  Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  Knights of Columbus Hotel

  Zohmah dear
  I think I will live at the old address 38 W. 57th. So you can write there.

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  Verso. Text:

  to paint.

  Shall I go and see about your letters, or did you get notice of them.

  Your friend Jean

  [drawing]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: August 20, 1934. Annotated by Zohmah: "1934".

  Text begins:

  Dear, You send me a letter, but you do not say what you are doing, where you are living, how your finances, and many other things I asked you to tell.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  I started working today in a public school where they

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Amer. Women's Club", "May 10 1934".

  Text begins:

  Dear
  I wrote you from the hotel but did not put an exact address.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Tom Burns is not in London now, but will be soon.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "c/o Sallie", "Amer. Women's Club", "London".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Still no news from you. I hope my letters reach you, though.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  and do need those. Chouinard wrote about teaching

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Envelope.

  Text begins:

  [travel expenses]
  [drawing: flower]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "May 20, 1934".

  Text begins:

  Dear, thank for your letter and flower.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "5/26/34".

  Text:

  [leftside, upside down]
  [drawing]
  my new place

  [rightside]
  Dear
  About that check. I deposited the money in Rock Island.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  It is true we forgot to ask Sally if she was staying in England.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah on verso: "6/8/34".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  You must not sit in those spiritism things.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [leftside]
  [drawing]

  [rightside]
  settled a little more.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. early July 1934. Annotated by Zohmah on verso: "1934".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I was waiting for some news about what you are doing. Burns wrote a nice letter about you.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [leftside]
  [drawing]

  [rightside]
  Kistler send both the large lithos. Did you see them before going?

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "June 29 34", "c/o Tom Burns".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I send you two letters to your address.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Fellows Rd", "Jul 30 1934".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I have been writing you 4 or 5 times, and no answer!

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [drawing: JC sitting, head in hands]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "8/31/34".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I got the notebook. I will copy the designs and send it back to Prudence.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  3. How do you live, with or without Sally, and do you have enough to manage your living

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Oct 13 1934".

  Text begins:

  [leftside]
  [drawing]

  [rightside]
  Zohmah dear
  How long has Sally been gone!

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  Verso. Text begins:

  dollars to my account, but that is all and if you do not have your return ticket anymore it will take a little time before being able to send you the money for it.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Fellows Rd", "Nov 9 1934". Six sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 6. Annotated by Zohmah: "Fellows Rd", "Nov 9 1934". Text begins:

  [leftside]
  [drawing]
  Forgive me my cats and goodnight. As ever. Jean
  [drawing]

  [rightside]
  Zohmah dear
  I really do not know how to draw cats, and somhow I cannot picture this one.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  that you are making your living.

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  Sheet 2 of 6. Text begins:

  [drawing: cat]

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  Sheet 3 of 6. Text begins:

  [drawing: cats]

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  Sheet 4 of 6. Text begins:

  [drawing: cat]

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  Sheet 5 of 6. Text begins:

  [drawing: cat]

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  Sheet 6 of 6. Text begins:

  [drawing: cats]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot.

  Text begins:

  [drawing: Conquistador on horse]
  For Zohmah. Jean.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Nov 30 1934", "Fellows Rd".

  Recto, first half. Text begins:

  [leftside, printed]
  November 26th to December 8th
  h. k. advertising 456 fourth avenue

  [rightside, printed]
  New graphic work and pencil studies
  Jean Charlot
  [drawing: woman with rebozo]
  The Florence Cane School of Art
  Rockefeller Center R.K.O Building
  1270 Sixth Ave. New York

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  Recto, second half. Text begins:

  [leftside, printed]
  Lithographs

  [rightside, printed]
  Drawings[...]Paintings

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Dear, I was not very satisfied with the bad drawings that I did send you.

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