Edwin Dikinson
On Stage, Aldous Huxley
(1131)
1962
New York, NY
Ink on postcard
3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (8.3 x 14 cm)
Dated on right: "NYC 24 V '62
Inscribed all four sides: "NYC 20. V '62 [a previously dated postcard] on Stage' Aldous Huxley is making a good speech. / My induction came 1st & was easy; I simply stood up a moment. / Pretty good of him. / My new badge is ugly & heavy but is made of 14K / gold. / 2 cards from Lagatha [?] & 1 to / Cons [Constant] rec'd this Am. Just / going to 155th St. / Hocking is very cordial to me.
Inscribed all four sides: "NYC 20. V '62 [a previously dated postcard] on Stage' Aldous Huxley is making a good speech. / My induction came 1st & was easy; I simply stood up a moment. / Pretty good of him. / My new badge is ugly & heavy but is made of 14K / gold. / 2 cards from Lagatha [?] & 1 to / Cons [Constant] rec'd this Am. Just / going to 155th St. / Hocking is very cordial to me.
Notes
Drawn in New York, NY, May 24 (journal), at American Academy of Arts and Letters, on occasion of ED's induction into the Academy.Provenance
Frances Dickinson