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- Created by
- Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
- Recipient
- Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
- Title
- Letter to Ernst Schwitters from Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) about Kurt Schwitters’ affairs following his death
- Date
- 4 May [1948]
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 9510/3/1/26
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13 October 1949
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