Peter Blake papers, 1943-1979.

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Peter Blake papers, 1943-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77620965

The Peter Blake Papers contain correspondence from 1950-1977 between architect and writer Peter Blake and renowned architects and architectural professionals from around the world, including Phillip Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen, Konrad Wachsmann, Raphael Soriano and Buckminster Fuller. Much of the correspondence relates to information that Blake was gathering for stories. Some correspondence is personal in nature. Also included is a photograph of Blake with Jackson Pollock along with a short written account of the relationship between Pollock and Blake. There is a review by Blake of the autobiography of Frank Lloyd Wright, and an unpublished booklet of modern architecture created by Blake for the Museum of Modern Art.

.35 cubic ft. (1 box + 1 safe folder)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8199308

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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