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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
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  • Letter from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art to Edith Thomas about Schwitters’ work and funding

Margaret Miller, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas

Letter from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art to Edith Thomas about Schwitters’ work and funding

1 April 1948

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Margaret Miller
Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Recipient
Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
Title
Letter from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art to Edith Thomas about Schwitters’ work and funding
Date
1 April 1948
Description
Letter concerning the receipt of the last instalment of Schwitters' fellowship fund from the museum and the exhibition and sale of Schwitters' work.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/22
Installation art Merz

Archive context

  • 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)
        • Letter from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art to Edith Thomas about Schwitters’ work and funding TGA 9510/3/1/22
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