Creator:

McNaught, William  Search this

Names:

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this

Extent:

3 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1982 June 17

Scope and Contents:

A handwritten letter from Adja Yunkers to William McNaught of the Archives of American Art, in which Yunkers describes his encounters with Mark Rothko shortly before Rothko's suicide.

Provenance:

Adja Yunkers was asked by William McNaught, New York Regional Collector for the Archives of American Art, to be interviewed as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project in the early 1980s. Yunkers sent this letter in lieu of an interview.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Painters -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.mcnawill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ca3520e9-862d-4aa2-883d-756f8659ff1d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcnawill