Personal Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Berthot, Jake, 1939-2014
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content: Jake Berthot papers
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content: Jake Berthot papers / Series 1: Correspondence
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content: circa 1968-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.bertjake, Subseries 2.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Personal Correspondence address Berthot's personal relationships and illuminate artistic ideas and trends of Berthot and his colleagues. By far the largest amount of correspondence comes from Berthot's mother Sara, who wrote to him almost every week from 1970 to 1991. These letters offer a great amount of information regarding personal developments in Berthot's life. Other personal correspondents include his ex-wives and partners Ginny McKenzie, Edith Gould, and Suzanne Chamlin, as well as his son John. Berthot also communicated with other artists including Jim Huntington, Sam Messer, Peter Plagans, Harvey Quaytman, and Adya Yunkers as well as the art critic Dore Ashton. These letters discuss both personal artistic concerns of the artists as well as commentary on more broad art trends and the art world.