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Letters from Geo. Gatey & Son to the Museum of Modern Art and Edith Thomas about the sale of Schwitters’ work

16 March 1948

Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son to the Museum of Modern Art about the sale of Schwitters’ work

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George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK)
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Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Date
16 March 1948
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Created by
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK)
Title
Letters from Geo. Gatey & Son to the Museum of Modern Art and Edith Thomas about the sale of Schwitters’ work
Date
16 March 1948
Description
Letters concerning the prices that Schwitters' work held at the Museum were to be sold at following his death.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/19
Merz

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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works TGA 9510/3/1 (68)
        • Letters from Geo. Gatey & Son to the Museum of Modern Art and Edith Thomas about the sale of Schwitters’ work TGA 9510/3/1/19
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