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letter
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Enclosed clipping of Tribune review of MCA show February 7, 1982.
Date
February 9, 1982
Title
Letter
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One-page 'letter from Frumkin to Cliff re the worldwide interest in his work.'
Date
26 September 1961
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letter
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How would HCW feel about a show at Morton High School next April?
Date
June 17, 1967
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letter
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Enjoyed meeting HCW. Mentions HCW’s compassion to his fellow man. Copy of an etching of a Native American collaged to letter.
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April 8, 1971
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letter
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Thanks for the three inch China Ovals; HCW should do a drawing of “a man Without God is like a fish without his bicycle.”
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September 12, 1975
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letter
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(Hartford Art School) Thanks for being visiting artist. Schedule for the day of the visit. Enclosed directions to the school.
Date
October 12, 1976
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letter
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HCW’s name was given him by Peter Saul as one of the most creative and
extraordinary people he knows. Would HCW forward the names of who he feels
is creative and extraordinary? The study is supported by POINT.
Date
May 19, 1972
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letter
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Thanks for the letter of recommendation for William Geis.
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March 20, 1972
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letter
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Thanks for the amazing drawing, encloses some "gunk" to amuse HCW.
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January 19, 1972
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letter
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Short note thanking HCW for his letter, indicating that he would like to meet him.
Date
November 19, 1974
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letter
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He is in the process of reconciling with his former wife, Pat. Asks HCW for a loan of $1000 until December 1980. Details of his financial woes. Mentions that he wants a second chance for himself and his daughter, Elizabeth.
Date
September 4, 1980
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letter
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Thanks HCW for another generous check. He hasn't confided his financial troubles to Pat. Pat's oldest son (23 yrs old) spends a lot of time with them. Polvent details how he has helped get the boy out of trouble, but still "he acts as if I owe him a living."
Date
October 22, 1980
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letter
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He wouldn’t consider HCW’s suggestion of burning the drawings. Enclosed a
photograph of son Warren [deceased]. Would HCW consider doing a large
construction dedicated to Warren which they would donate in his memory to a
museum.
Date
July 15, 1978
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letter
Description
Thrilled to receive Mexicali Rose. June [Leaf] surprised him on his birthday by trading Allan [Frumkin?] for Port of Shadows.
Date
May 25, 1967
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letter
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(Artist, b. 1935, Los Angeles and then New Mexico) Thanks HCW for note and self-portrait. Would be interested in a trade sometime. Mentions he once rented Port of Shadows from L.A. County Museum for two months. Is HCW in need of a lizard, frog, or snail coffee cup? Also discusses Kasper (Koenig).
Date
January 15, 1968
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Thanks for the beautiful gift. He is building an aviary.
Date
April 26, 1969
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letter
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She will be mailing the pattern and scraps of material from the dress she made Joanna. The Tamarind show opened at the San Francisco Museum of Art but HCW’s suite wasn’t included.
Date
February 9, 1969
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letter
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They are very happy to hear HCW is coming out in April. Family news.
Date
n.d.
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Enjoyed coming in for the Whitney show and is very proud of both of them. She was happy to hear that the show will travel to San Francisco.
Date
May 26, 1978
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letter
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Senator Abe Ribicoff has forwarded HCW's letter to the National Endowment of the Arts.
Date
May 25, 1971
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letter
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[Artist, letters between Roehl and HCW were donated to the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu.] Sends HCW slide of his new sculpture the Juarez Prostitute. He has a good job but hates it.
Date
November 20, 1974
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"I have built and presently own one of the largest collections of contemporary American sculpture in the United States…a closely guarded, ever growing collection of historical significance." He would like to get Cliff, Roland Reiss and himself together to talk. Asks HCW to write him a letter of reference to help him secure an N.E.A. grant. [RRR did receive a grant from the NEA in 1980]
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January 1, 1980
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(University of Calgary) Writing a book entitled Sculpture in Wood scheduled to be published in 1976 and would like to include photographs of HCW's work.
Date
January 20, 1976
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(Curator, Museum of Modern Art) Thanks for letter concerning the show. Due to tight schedule some of the pieces in the show were not thoroughly cleaned. The dust has now been removed from HCW's piece.
Date
April 15, 1968
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letter
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(Kansas City Star) Thanks for the drawings, he is especially fond of the Death Ship. Mentions HCW dislike for Hemingway and tells him of an anecdote he once heard about Hemingway.
Date
January 18, 1967
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letter
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The south of France was "everything we didn't come here for" so they found a house 45 minutes west of Paris. He is wondering how to approach the galleries here.
Date
August 3, 1969
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letter
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He is hung over as a result of a dinner party he threw last night. Ed Ruscha was in the group. He likes the place he's living in but wishes his girlfriend would move.
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August 23, 1972
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letter
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"What's in Art Forum is ad for a phototoons I placed, but didn't pay for."
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November 17, 1972
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letter
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(University of Illinois) Thanks for letter of support for David Bushman.
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November 19, 1974
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Student at Kansas City Art Institute would like to visit HCW at home.
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November 25, 1973
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letter
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Letter in response to a recent meeting with HCW in California. Mentions his own Ravenswood connections in Chicago. [A reference to the Ravenswood Hotel that HCW stayed in while in L.A.]
Date
September 7, 1969
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letter
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He shipped the bronze ingot in an intentionally poorly built crate. While in North Carolina saw a place where they built shrimp boats by hand.
Date
April 3, 1973
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letter
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He spotted HCW’s bird and anchor on the gate pole during his recent trip to New
England. Just heard about the retrospective and looks forward to seeing HCW at the opening. Mentions HCW’s letter about the ammunition ship. “It’s interesting to hear real stories, the John Wayne versions aren’t so good.”
Date
April 28, 1978
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He received HCW’s drawing when he returned from Mexico City. He’s almost got his private pilot's license. Saw a box made by a sailor at the Nantucket Nautical
Museum.
Date
September 11, 1978
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letter
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Enclosed is a check for $100 in payment for HCW's painting, "Butterfly."
Date
June 10, 1957
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letter
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(Moore College of Art, Philadelphia.) Get well wishes
Date
February 9, 1974
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letter
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Allan Frumkin is lending five of HCW's illustrated letters for the "Studies and Other Initial Works Exhibit." The letters are: Control; I Made a Deal with God; This Great Rock; Homage to Elie Nadelman; and The Plush. Asks if the Plush includes a mirror and what changes if any were made to I Made a Deal With God
after the drawing was made.
Date
January 21, 1977
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letter
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Fan mentions the recent Frumkin show and the pieces in it. (New Piece of Land, Death Ship and drawings)
Date
nd.d., 1974
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letter
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Photograph of Joseph Wilson Waugh, age 12 1/2. (Son of Dorothy Waugh)
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n.d.
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letter
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HCW working hard at Tamarind; she wants to get Tom to build her a painting rack; watched the Miss America pageant--Miss Illinois, a gymnast, won. Thanks for the photos; she's working on a new painting--has finished the one with the beach sky and pond with dark trees. Mentions Don Sprinkler. Perhaps Don doesn't like Cliff very much. Signed "Lop-lop."
Date
September 5, 1968
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Request for an autograph.
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September 14, 1972
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(International Sculpture Center, Princeton, NJ) Thank you for the loan of slides of HCW's newest pieces for the slide library.
Date
July 25, 1979
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(University of Massachusetts) Enclosed two copies of Critical Perspectives in American Art.
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June 18, 1976
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An invitation to be a visiting professor at the Department of Art, Youngstown State University, Ohio. Additional opportunity to exhibit at the Butler Institute of American Art during the residency.
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February 18, 1981
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letter
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Thanks for Joanna’s nice surprise. He looks forward to seeing Joanna’s show in January.
Date
December 15, 1972
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letter
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The pieces from the Rhode Island were returned in good shape. He has been talking to Kasper Koenig who wants the hanging rock piece. He has been reviewing the list for the Whitney show with Barbara Haskell and is concerned that a few of the “’tough’ early pieces like Great Mother Womb, He Whore and I Wonder if I Really Love Her were omitted. Spoke to Mike Nevelson who enjoyed Thanksgiving with the Westermanns.
Date
December 1, 1977
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