Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Vidor, King, 1894-1982
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content: King W. Vidor papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vidoking, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arrangement is chronological.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is mainly from galleries and artists whose works Vidor collected. Notable correspondents include single letters from the artists Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and Andrew Wyeth. A lengthy correspondence is found with Associated American Artists; other galleries and dealers represented in the correspondence include Frank K.N. Rehn, inc., the Principia Corporation, James Maroney incorporated, and Biltmore Galleries. Also found are loan requests from museums borrowing from Vidor's painting collection, image requests for reproduction rights for paintings owned by Vidor from various publishers, and a few sheets of notes related to valuation of paintings.