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  • Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters

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Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters

22 December 1948–8 January 1949

Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art

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Margaret Miller Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Recipient
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK)
Date
22 December 1948
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Title
Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters
Date
22 December 1948–8 January 1949
Description
Letter regarding the sale of three of Schwitters' works, 'Descending', 'Like Marmor' and 'Mirage' from an exhibition held by the Museum of Modern Art. Copies of the letter were sent on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters with copies of the forwarding letters attached.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/31
Merz

Archive context

  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works TGA 9510/3/1 (68)
        • Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters TGA 9510/3/1/31
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