Abe Ajay correspondence with Ad Reinhardt
name: label: Creator
content: Ajay, Abe
label: Creator
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Awards
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Abe Ajay, 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ajay, Abe
label: Creator
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Abe Ajay, painter and sculptor. Born 1919. Ad Reinhardt, painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ajayabe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4909 (fr. 382-459) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Thirty-six postcards from Reinhardt to Ajay, 1963-1966, and 7 letters between the two concerning a thousand dollar cash prize won by Reinhardt at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1963. Also included are typescript copies of the letters assembled by Ajay and titled: One Picture is Worth a Thousand Dollars?, an article published in Art in America describing and reproducing their correspondence regarding the prize; and a political cartoon, 1967, sent to Ajay from Reinhardt.