Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pearlstein, Philip, 1924-
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content: Philip Pearlstein papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-10, OVs 42-43)
label: Extent
content: 0.168 Gigabytes (ER01)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1955-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pearphil, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Drafts of outgoing letters are filed with incoming correspondence when possible; additional outgoing drafts are filed under Pearlstein. Correspondence on letterhead is typically filed under the corporate name, and correspondence with governmental offices are filed by the name of the location.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is with friends and family, galleries and museums, students, colleagues, artists, and arts organizations. Notable correspondents are Will Barnet, Chuck Close, Rackstraw Downes, Jane Frielicher (Hazan), Emily Genauer, Richard Haas, Jack Levine, Eleanor Munro, Robert Storr, Edith Schloss, John Updike, Leland Wallin, and Jerome Witkin. Correspondence is both personal and professional in nature; and much of the professional correspondence deals with sales of artwork, exhibitions, residencies, speaking engagements, teaching, and charities. Outgoing drafts by Pearlstein include letters to editor, responses to critics, and letters to friends and colleagues. Illustrated letters and artwork enclosures are found from Earl Staley, Rosaire Appel, Jerilyn Jurinek, George Ortman, and Clare and John Romano. The series includes one digital recording.