Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
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content: Irving Petlin papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peltirvi, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and includes letters to and from other artists and collaborators, and galleries, including Dore Ashton, Yoko Ono, Gerson Cohen of the Jewish Theologian Society, James Speyer, Gallerie Du Dragon and various galleries in America, Israel, Italy, and France; and friends including Clayton Eshleman, Leon Golub, Peter Saul, Peter Selz, Gilbert Lloyd, Paul Cummings, Rolf Nelson, R. B. Kitaj, Franz Schulz, and Red Grooms; and postcards to and from family while Petlin was abroad. The bulk of the correspondence dates form the 1970s and 1980s and discusses Petlin's works, exhibitions, and publications related to Petlin. Some letters are written in Italian and French.