On Publishing the Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Constable Correspondence, 1935-1938.

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On Publishing the Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Constable Correspondence, 1935-1938.

A series of letters between Otto Kyllmann of Constable & Co. and the owner of van Gogh's letters, Vincent Wilhem van Gogh, over the publication of the artist's correspondence. The file also contains extensive correspondence with rival publishers Houghton, Mifflin and Co. and Viking Press, and with Ferris Greenslet and Walter Pach. The book manuscripts discussed were "Vincent van Gogh's Great Period" and "Further Letters of Vincent van Gogh.

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Pach, Walter, 1883-1958

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Pach: Artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant, curator; New York, N.Y. Instrumental in organizing the Armory Show, 1913. Winthrop: patron; New York, N.Y. His collection, left to Harvard University, included early American portraits, drawings by English and French artists, and Chinese sculpture. From the description of Walter Pach letter to Grenville Winthrop, 1933 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84852249 American artist and author. From the desc...