HOPPER EDWARD Autograph Letter Signed to painter Leon Kroll

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HOPPER, EDWARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to painter Leon Kroll ("Dear Kroll"), recommending that sculptress Lou Double of New York be given a grant by the Institute of Arts & Letters, and inquiring about the date of the next committee meeting. 1 page, 4to; horizontal folds, faint toning along left edge. Truro, 5 September 1950

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"The only one I can think of at the present time worthy of a grant from the Institute of Arts & Letters is a sculptress--LOU DOUBLE of 20 or 22 Washington Square North, New York.
"The address should be checked . . . ."
With--Edward Hopper. Typed Letter, unsigned, to Kroll, retained draft, apologizing that he cannot attend the October committee meeting, suggesting that painter Paul Mommer receive a grant, and expecting to be in New York in early November. ½ page, 4to. Truro, 20 September 1951.