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Stuart Sutcliffe Handwritten Letter To His Mother

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Stuart Sutcliffe Handwritten Letter To His Mother
Stuart is full of youthful enthusiasm for his art education and future with Astrid as he relates his plans to his mother, Millie, in this letter written over a two-week period in Spring 1961. An excerpt; “...Things seem to be quite well at home and this makes me happy. John Hart has written to me telling me that I have all his support and Ballard’s when I wish to teach. He’s very happy that I’ve started to paint again. Yes I have started and things are going quite nicely. In a few weeks I should have a grip on myself, my pictures are not so abstract now, vaguely figurative and mostly blue. You might have read in the paper that a top English sculptor is now teaching in the big college here. Paollozi (he comes from Edinburgh.) I’m going to the college to start drawing again, I’ll go about 3 days a week and just do what I wish. I’ve seen the assistant director and he said he’ll turn a blind eye, then when Paollozi comes (26th May) I must speak with him about staying in his class for awhile (Astrid is beautiful and wonderful as always and we are so very happy together.) Perhaps I will have a bit of a shock for you in a few weeks, it all depends on this Paollozi man. - (I love Astrid) but I might go to this college for a year, with a grant. It’s so funny but although its vague yet, this can be a tremendous fillip to my reputation when I return to England....Anyway on Monday I go to the class of Paollozi who will be here for a week and see what he has to say about this. The college has tremendously high standards...also could you send me my certificates and things because if I’m going to enroll at the college, I’ll need them. You can’t imagine how important it will be for me to have a good reference from this man. Now please wish my father a happy birthday.... Greetings from Astrid for you and the family, need I say that I’m so very happy here with her, she’s so wonderful in all things. For now, love from your son Stuart to you and all. XXXX” Sutcliffe has written his name and return address on the reverse of the envelope. Written in black ballpoint on seven sides of four 8.25 x 11.75” sheets of paper, tri-folded for mailing. Despite water stains that have caused the ink to bleed on portions of the writings, those sections are still very readable.