Correspondence is with gallery directors Michael Freilich and Cynthia Bernadini, and to a lesser degree, Manu Sassoonian and Lloyd Lózes Goff. Topics cover general gallery operations, sales of artwork, artists interested in exhibiting at the gallery, and letters to Ann Freilich Schutz regarding Michael Freilich's death. In addition, there is a small group of personal postcards from Freilich to his niece, 1952-1955. Scattered correspondence with artists includes Lambro Ahlas, Mike Cook, Hermann Dahl, Salvatore Del Deo, Raymond Dowden, Charles Kaiman, Peggy Muray (Mrs. Nicholas Muray), Raphael Soyer, George Sugarman, Anne Parker Wigglesworth, Jan Wunderman, and Hank Virgona. Additional correspondence with artists is also found in Artist Files, circa 1946-1979.
Arrangement note:
Folders are arranged chronologically.
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Collection Citation:
Roko Gallery records, 1929-1982, bulk 1970-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
