Letters and clippings relating to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
odd: label: Other Title
content: Guggenheim Museum Papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Bodin, Paul, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Harry Frank, 1890-1971
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract -- United States
label: Topic
content: Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance is unknown; possibly donated by Paul Bodin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bodin, Paul, 1910-1994
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bodipaug
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2813 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Various versions of an open letter to Mr. James Johnson Sweeney, Director, and Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum sent to the press, urging that Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral ramp design for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's new building at 5th Ave. and 88th St. be reconsidered. The final version was signed by 21 artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are a list of publications to which the letter was sent; a response from Harry F. Guggenheim, chairman of the Board of Trustees, to Paul Bodin; eight clippings pertaining to the controversy and the completed design; and a note, "Paul-Use my name It's OK Si".
label: Scope and Contents
content: Artists who signed the letter include: Calvin Albert, Milton Avery, Will Barnet, Paul Bodin, Henry Botkin, Byron Browne, Herman Cherry, George Constant, Willem de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Seymour Lipton, Sally Michel, George L.K. Morris, Robert Motherwell, Charles Schucker, John Sennhauser, Leon P. Smith, Jack Tworkov.