Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada" and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. Wood was introduced to Marcel Duchamp, who in turn introduced her to her first great love, Henri-Pierre RochÈ, a man fourteen years her senior. She worked with Duchamp and RochÈ in the 1910s to create The Blind Man, a magazine that was one of the earliest manifestations of the Dada art movement in New York City. ALS, 1990, 1p, 8.5 x 11". About her biography "I Shock Myself." Picture of her is NOT included here.

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