About Howard A Thain

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    The following text is from Lesley Nelson.

    I moved into an old home in Dallas, TX a year ago this July. In the attic, I found two items relating to artist Howard Thain. One, a plaster skull with his name and the year on the bottom, and two, a large framed poem to him from a friend. The friend’s first and last name are included, and the poet’s too. The frame is old and ornate, the type a fancy calligraphy. It’s very cool – with a retirement-like message honoring Howard.

    I have it displayed in our sitting room.

    The page via link below says he moved to New York in 1919, and our house was built in 1927… Not sure of the connection with our house. … If only the walls could talk. J...

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