A woman wrote in 2007 and her letter was answered promptly… after I discovered it FIVE years later in 2012. She sent copies of two prints she had purchased around 1968 in Novato, California, at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. She had loved the prints for nearly 40 years and wondered if they were Tomie’s work. Tomie said he had gone to the Faire with a group of artists - all print makers. Tomie was attending California College of Arts and Crafts and teaching at San Francisco College for Women/Lone Mountain College at the time. The group had made prints and sold them. He remembered it well and yes, her prints were his work. Although his photograph wasn’t taken at that Faire, he said the shirt was the one he wore to the Renaissance Faire in Novato. My motto: Mail IN one day, OUT five years later. (Bob)
Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
