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Summary:
Correspondence, March-July 1944, with institutions and owners of works by Winslow Homer regarding a Homer exhibition at Swarthmore College, July 1944, organized by von Erffa. The exhibition centered around Homer prints given to the College by Frederic Newlin Price. Correspondents include John W. Nason, Frederic Newlin Price, Lloyd Goodrich, Robert M. Walker, Daniel Catton Rich, and others.
Citation:
Helmut von Erffa letters, 1944. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 3480 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Art historian. Taught art history at Rutgers University.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1958 by Helmut von Erffa.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Curators -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick Search this