- Recipient
- Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
- Title
- Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son to Edith Thomas about a cheque received from the Museum of Modern Art
- Date
- 31 October 1949
- Description
- Cheque received as payment for the sale of some of Kurt Schwitters' work.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 9510/3/1/50
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13 October 1949
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George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipients: Margaret Miller, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son to Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art about the transport of Schwitters’ work
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29 March 1949
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25 March 1949
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