Personal Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: De Kooning, Elaine
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content: Elaine de Kooning papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960s-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dekoelas, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal papers include letters, writings by de Kooning, one sketch, an exhibition price list, and a few documents regarding Willem de Kooning. Letters sent and received concern de Kooning's Kennedy portraits and her efforts to save the life of Caryl Chessman. Notes and writings are on general art topics. Documents regarding Willem de Kooning include writings and photocopies of letters by Mercedes Matter, Ernestine Lassaw, and others, as well as one sound disc recording of Willem de Kooning whistling. Also found are two wooden Easter eggs sent by the White House to de Kooning to be decorated and returned.