Object Details
Creator
Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
Kuhn, Vera
Subject
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)
Armory Show (1913 : Chicago, Ill.)
Armory Show (1913 : New York, N.Y.)
Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
Letter : 8 p. : handwritten ; 18 x 27 cm., folded to 18 x 14 cm.
Summary
8 p. letter on two folded sheets.
Kuhn discusses traveling in Europe with Arthur B. Davies, going to London to secure funding and artworks for the Armory Show; mentions working with the Chicago Institute of Art to have the show travel there after its New York installation; compares the Armory Show to the Sonderbund Ausstellung in Cologne; and expresses his desire to return home.
Dated "Wednesday Nov. 11, 11 pm"; year inferred based on timeline of the Armory Show.
Kuhn discusses traveling in Europe with Arthur B. Davies, going to London to secure funding and artworks for the Armory Show; mentions working with the Chicago Institute of Art to have the show travel there after its New York installation; compares the Armory Show to the Sonderbund Ausstellung in Cologne; and expresses his desire to return home.
Dated "Wednesday Nov. 11, 11 pm"; year inferred based on timeline of the Armory Show.
Citation
Walt Kuhn. Walt Kuhn letter to Vera Kuhn, 1912 Nov. 11. Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984. 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
1912 Nov. 11
Record number
(DSI-AAA)14499
Type
Correspondence
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Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984, bulk 1900-1949
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Record ID
AAADCD_item_14499