Correspondence with Zohmah, 1938

Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. 1938. Jean Charlot Collection, Correspondence, "Jean Charlot to Zohmah Day Charlot". Box 1, folder 8.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "June 20 1938". Three sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 3. Annotated by Zohmah: "June 20 1938". Text begins:

  Monday
  Zohmah dear
  The chair-cars are not so bad, nice air-cooling in them.

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  Sheet 2 of 3. Text begins:

  All your gifts were so nice, I am going to use the little watercolor box right now.

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  Verso.

  [drawing: mice at school]

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  Sheet 3 of 3. Text begins:

  today, only the dinner has to be cooked. She sends love.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "June 27, 1938".

  Text begins:

  [letterhead]
  The Winslow
  45 East 55th Street
  New York

  Zohmah dear
  I arrived Saturday. Will be at [arrow pointing to letterhead] a week or two while I look for appartment.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Jean Slater's show.

  Will tell you more when I get settled a little. Your watercolor box is xxx.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Envelope and one sheet. Postmarked: July 4, 1938.

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  Envelope. Postmarked: Grand Central Annex, NY, July 4, 1938, 2:00PM. Text:

  [address]
  Miss Z. Day
  737 N. Edgemont
  Los Angeles Cal.

  [return address]
  Charlot
  The Winslow
  45 East 55th Street
  New York

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [shorthand]

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  Sheet 1 of 1. Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I haven't found an appartment yet. So I cannot start working.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  hope it is not true. After a dozen letters of mine unanswered I will think it may be true.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "July 19, 1938".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Do tell me if you do not want me to write you.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  We had a good time, Mrs Perry and me, at the Cloisters.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: August 29, 1938.

  Text begins:

  Woolworth Building, New York
  [photo]

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  Verso. Postmarked: New York, NY, August 29, 1938, 12-M. Text begins:

  Dear, I am out with a lady, drinking cocktails. Tell Father X that If he publishes a book he should write to Carman size and number of copies and use the lithograph as a frontispiece, like in the Belloc Book.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. August 1938.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I am glad you like the talks. Mrs Perry and I got along together fine in N.Y.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Tell me about Owen. It seems by now he should know about Mouse.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Aug 18 1938".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I did today a small head in lithograph after the photo of Father Donovan.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Aug 22 1938".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  When I sent the drawings I did not explain what Carman's estimate meant.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: September–October 1938.

  Text:

  [drawing]
  Zohmah dear. This is me moving to 110 E. 57. How are you?

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Nov. 10 1938", corrected from "Nov. 9".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I was so happy to have your note.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  enough to give it to her. I understand my Maryknoll martyr was turned down by the fathers.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Telegram. Dated: December 1, 1938, 2:03AM.

  Text:

  Zohmah Day=
  737 North Edgemont LOSA=

  I feel as you do. Stop. Be patient and we will find a way. Stop. Love from=
  Jean.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Annotated by Zohmah: "Dec 12 1938".

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I did send you a telegram with the flowers, in answer to your nice letter.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  but maybe you can give him some little thing you can spare.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: after December 12, 1938.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I had no new news of you for sometime.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Dear, do tell me what you are doing.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: December 18 or 19, 1938. Annotated by Zohmah: "Dec 1938".

  Text begins:

  Hanging the show today.

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  Verso. Brochure for "Jean Decker" at Georgette Passedoit Gallery. Text begins:

  [top half]
  [arrow pointing to an edge of the card, indicating to read the other side]

  [bottom half]
  [foreword by Jean Charlot on rightside, and list of artworks on leftside]

  The new trend of building up noble architectures with human bodies, of treating symphonically great themes, is well illustrated by this series of biblical episodes painted by Jean Decker. Her come-back to story-telling is...

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: December 29, 1938.

  Inside. Text begins:

  [leftside]
  [drawing: Charlot in chair wearing furry slippers while shaving with electric razor]

  [rightside]
  Dear I am having so much fun trying to get the hair off my chin! And my feet are so warm.

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  Verso, leftside. Text begins:

  This evening I am going to Sheed and Ward.

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  Verso, rightside.

  [drawing: flower with furry slippers]

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