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The Letter of Letty
Norman Lindsay and Mae West
Dear Cynthia,—
…I must tell you a story about a work of art that was not disclosed to the public’s gaze on the opening night. This was a huge picture by Norman Lindsay, which arrived some time before. It was unwrapped in the upstairs foyer before several of the “Heads,” not to mention interested workmen. Like most pictures by this artist, its subject was several rather startling feminine figures—one even more striking than the rest. So much so, in fact, that it drew from one of the open-mouthed workmen the comment, “Look, Bill! Mae West’s come up to see us!”
Table Talk, 1934
Rowland slipped his own notebook into the inside breast pocket of his jacket before taking the folio from its place of last discard on the sideboard. He glanced
