Robert Motherwell letter to Frank Perls

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Object Details

Creator

Motherwell, Robert Burns, 1915-1991

Perls, Frank, 1910-1975

Subject

Motherwell, Robert Burns

Frank Perls Gallery

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 28 x 22 cm

Summary

Motherwell writes regarding the publication of the preface he wrote for the exhibit Seventeen modern American painters, which Perls published separately as a pamphlet with the title The school of New York.

Citation

Robert Burns Motherwell. Robert Motherwell letter to Frank Perls, 1951 January 27. Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records, circa 1920-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1951 January 27

Record number

(DSI-AAA)17835

Type

Correspondence

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Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records, circa 1920-1983, bulk 1949-1975

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

New York school of art

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

AAADCD_item_17835