Olin Dows letter to William Gropper and draft response from Gropper
Object Details
- Creator
- Dows, Olin, 1904-1981
- Gropper, William, 1897-1977
- Subject
- Dows, Olin
- Gropper, William
- Treasury Relief Art Project
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Letter : 2 p. : various media ; 27 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Dows writes in a type-written letter on U.S. Treasury Department letterhead. He informs Gropper that his mural design was selected by the Treasury Department Art Program for the Freeport Post Office, and asks Gropper to confirm his interest in continuing with the project.
A handwritten draft of Gropper's response follows, in which Gropper lambastes Dows and the other "fellows in Washington" for "not having offered [him] an outright job." - Citation
- Olin Dows. Olin Dows letter to William Gropper and draft response from Gropper, 1936 May 18. William Gropper papers, 1916-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1936 May 18
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)10986
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- William Gropper papers, 1916-1983
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Murals
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_10986
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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