Archives of American Art

Adja Yunkers letter to William McNaught relating to Mark Rothko

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.mcnawill
Creators:
McNaught, William
Dates:
1982 June 17
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A handwritten letter from Adja Yunkers to William McNaught of the Archives of American Art, in which Yunkers describes his encounters with Mark Rothko shortly before Rothko's suicide.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Adja Yunkers was asked by William McNaught, New York Regional Collector for the Archives of American Art, to be interviewed as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project in the early 1980s. Yunkers sent this letter in lieu of an interview.

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Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painters -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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