Theodoros Stamos letters to Diran Deckmejian
name: label: Creator
content: Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
label: Names
content: Deckmejian, Diran
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2008 by Diran Deckmejian, a former student of Stamos' at the Art Students League in New York .
creator: label: Creator
content: Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Theodoros Stamos, Abstract Expressionist Painter; NY and Greece, 1922-1997; Diran Deckmejian, Painter, Photographer and former student of Stamos at the Art Students League.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stamtheo2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 45 Handwritten letters from Stamos to Diran Deckmejian mailed from Lefkada, Greece and Cologne, Germany. The letters chart Stamos' artistic career after he left the United States, particularly his gallery exhibitions in Germany and Greece. Early correspondence reference Stamos' on-going legal battle with the Rothko estate.