Letters relating to Lee Hall's book, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage
name: label: Creator
content: Washburn, Joan, 1929-
label: Title
content: Hall, Lee. Elaine and Bill
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Elaine
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Emmerich, André
label: Names
content: Lassaw, Ernestine
label: Names
content: Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
label: Names
content: Rosenberg, Patia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1994 by Joan T. Washburn, who solicited corrections and comments about Lee Hall's book from people who knew the de Koonings.
creator: label: Creator
content: Washburn, Joan, 1929-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gallery owner; New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.washjoan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters solicited by dealer Joan Washburn in response to the publication of Lee Hall's controversial biography of painters Willem and Elaine De Kooning. Included are a copy of a letter from dealer André Emmerich to Lee Hall, commenting on and correcting her book; letters to Washburn from sculptor Ibram Lassaw and his wife Ernestine, and from Patia Rosenberg, the daughter of critic Harold Rosenberg; and a statement by Washburn.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Washburn Gallery records.