General
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Presser, Josef, 1906-1967
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content: Josef Presser and Agnes Hart papers
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content: Josef Presser and Agnes Hart papers / Series 1: Josef Presser / 1.2:: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.presjose, Subseries 1.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: General correspondence is with various artists, collectors, galleries, museums, and art associations concerning the creation, purchase, sales, and exhibition of Presser's work. These include the artists Charles Hopkinson and Vera Fraser and the collectors Mrs. John D. Rockerfeller, Alfred S. Campbell, and Ray Austrian. There is also correspondence with art schools, including Cooper Union, New York University, and Queens College, concerning the logistics of Presser's employment. Correspondence related to Presser's law suit against the New York Port Authority, Presser and Hart's real estate purchases in Hurley and Woodstock, New York, and Christmas cards sent to Presser and Hart are also included in the subseries.