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Archives of American Art
Adja Yunkers letter to William McNaught relating to Mark Rothko
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcnawill
- Creators:
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McNaught, William
- Dates:
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1982 June 17
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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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