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Summary:
Letters from Walt and Vera Kuhn including two with illustrations; letters between Walt Kuhn and Duncan Phillips, and a letter to Kuhn from Thomas Hart Benton; a photograph of a painting by Kuhn and a photograph of a painting by Wyndham Lewis; clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements concerning Kuhn and various exhibitions at the Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Citation:
LaSalle Spier papers, 1929-1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Duncan Phillips letters re photocopies.
Biography Note:
Deceased. Spier was the brother of Vera Kuhn, wife of the painter Walt Kuhn.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Virginia Mecklenburg of the National Museum of American Art received these papers from Spier, and then gave them to the Archives of American Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
