Overview
Collection Information
Size: 34 Items
Summary: Riveron's letters to his friend and fellow Cuban artist Mario Carreño are chatty and informal. He writes about his wife Noella, various exhibitions, mutual friends, memories of their days in Cuba, health issues, politics, the weather, pricing paintings, his collages, his longings for Paris and New York, and holidays. All letters are in Spanish.
Biographical/Historical Note
Mario Carreno (1913-1999) was a painter, born in Havana, Cuba and later moved to Santiago, Chile. He friend Enrique Riverón (1902-1998) was a painter, sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator from Miami, Florida.
Provenance
Lent for microfilming 1997 by Ido Gonzalez de Carreño, the wife of Mario Carreño.
Language Note
Spanish; Castilian .
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to lender after microfilming.