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Clyfford Still Archives
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Title:
Melzac, Vincent
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Melzac, Vincent
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Creation Date:
1957-1977
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1957-1977
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
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Creation Location:
Virginia
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Virginia
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Creation Location:
312 Church Street, New Windsor, Maryland
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312 Church Street, New Windsor, Maryland
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Work Description:
This file contains correspondence between Vincent Melzac and Clyfford Still. It opens with a letter from 1957 from Melzac thanking Still for meeting and discussing painting. It then jumps to a 1973 letter from Melzac about trying to meet with Still again. Still responds attempting to meet with Melzac. Melzac updates Still on his family life, and then Melzac begins to discuss selling some Still paintings to folks in Germany and Japan. Still informs Melzac that he is intrigued, but is not looking to sell and has concerns selling to Europe, specifically with selling to Germany. Still also tells Melzac that Japan has no interest in Still's work. Melzac contacts Still with a suggestion to establish a non-profit for "advanced" study of the visual arts, separate Still's work into three parts (hard core work for representative work for perpetual care and exhibition, some work for personal and family use, and the rest to be sold to fund the foundation). Still is hesitant to go forward with Melzac's plan. Melzac asks to at least purchase one of Still's masterworks to ensure its care and exhibition, and Still promises to consider this. Melzac writes Still about about Marlborough as the agents for Clyfford Still, which causes Still to write a note that Melzac is a "fraud." In the next letter Still informs Melzac that he is not involved in the Marlborough Gallery nor is he selling any paintings. In 1975, Melzac writes Still about meeting with Willem DeKooning, who said Still was "the most original of us all." Melzac informs Still that he had to miss the opening of the 1975 show in San Francisco due to illness, but will see the show before it closes. Melzac sends Still an article from Time Magazine about the Rothko case at the Marlborough Gallery. Melzac sends Still invitations to gallery openings for Alan Fenton in Japan. Melzac forwards a letter from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art of which Melzac appraised their collection. Melzac writes Robert Hobbs of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University about 1946-H, which is owned by Melzac, but is on indefinite loan to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Still does not wish Melzac loan 1946-H to Hobbs. There are two unopened letters from Melzac, a catalog of Alan Fenton, and a catalog of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
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This file contains correspondence between Vincent Melzac and Clyfford Still. It opens with a letter from 1957 from Melzac thanking Still for meeting and discussing painting. It then jumps to a 1973 letter from Melzac about trying to meet with Still again. Still responds attempting to meet with Melzac. Melzac updates Still on his family life, and then Melzac begins to discuss selling some Still paintings to folks in Germany and Japan. Still informs Melzac that he is intrigued, but is not looking to sell and has concerns selling to Europe, specifically with selling to Germany. Still also tells Melzac that Japan has no interest in Still's work. Melzac contacts Still with a suggestion to establish a non-profit for "advanced" study of the visual arts, separate Still's work into three parts (hard core work for representative work for perpetual care and exhibition, some work for personal and family use, and the rest to be sold to fund the foundation). Still is hesitant to go forward with Melzac's plan. Melzac asks to at least purchase one of Still's masterworks to ensure its care and exhibition, and Still promises to consider this. Melzac writes Still about about Marlborough as the agents for Clyfford Still, which causes Still to write a note that Melzac is a "fraud." In the next letter Still informs Melzac that he is not involved in the Marlborough Gallery nor is he selling any paintings. In 1975, Melzac writes Still about meeting with Willem DeKooning, who said Still was "the most original of us all." Melzac informs Still that he had to miss the opening of the 1975 show in San Francisco due to illness, but will see the show before it closes. Melzac sends Still an article from Time Magazine about the Rothko case at the Marlborough Gallery. Melzac sends Still invitations to gallery openings for Alan Fenton in Japan. Melzac forwards a letter from the Fort Wayne Museum of Art of which Melzac appraised their collection. Melzac writes Robert Hobbs of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University about 1946-H, which is owned by Melzac, but is on indefinite loan to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Still does not wish Melzac loan 1946-H to Hobbs. There are two unopened letters from Melzac, a catalog of Alan Fenton, and a catalog of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
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Image Creator Name:
Hadley Kluber
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Hadley Kluber
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PDF/A
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Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
Clyfford Still Archives - Subject Files
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Clyfford Still Archives - Subject Files
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Image Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT
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IN COPYRIGHT
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Image Capture Hardware:
Epson Expression 10000 XL
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Image Capture Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.10.5
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Image Cataloger Name:
Hadley Kluber
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Hadley Kluber
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Image Cataloger Role:
Contract Digitization Specialist
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Contract Digitization Specialist
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