Sep 30, 2004 - Sale 2014

Sale 2014 - Lot 97

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
RICH ARCHIVE OF ARTISTS' CARDS AND LETTERS (GOODRICH, LLOYD.) Archive of cards, letters, holiday greetings and more, some with original works of art to Whitney Museum Director Goodrich, from mostly American artists. Laid into box. should be seen. Vp, mostly 1950s-60s
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Fabulous archive of correspondence to and from Lloyd Goodrich, Associate Director, and then Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1958-68. Goodrich was also an art critic and author of several definitive biographies on such artists as Hopper, Kuniyoshi, Eakins, Marsh, Homer, Bishop, among others. This archive contains roughly 200 pieces of correspondence to him and his family from numerous artists and cultural figures over several decades.
Among the most notable pieces in the collection are: