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Letter informing Gerhard of his lifetime membership to GAC; talk given by Gerhard to GAC in honor of Ebria Feinblatt (curator of prints and drawings 1947-1985); interview between GAC member Mary Ruiz and Gerhard Pinkus on Pinkus's collection, his relationship with Chagall and his impressions on art collecting.

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This series consists of correspondece, financial records, and related material documenting Gerhard and Marianne's art collecting. The bulk of the series documents their acquisitions of works by Marc Chagall.

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Papers and tickets for exhibit in Japan for which Gerhard lent the Chagall painting "Clown and Donkey"; correspondence about another exhibit of the same painting at the Musee de Toulouse; correspondence regarding damage done to the painting en route from Japan on Air France and regarding the resulting compensation for restoration of the painting; and prints and negatives of the painting.

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Correspondence and insurance documents related to the exhibit and the lending of Chagall works by Pinkus.

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Letters regarding: personal greetings; auction notifications; auction bids; prospective sales and purchases; and authenticity of artwork.

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Purchase papers (1955-1956), presumably for "Three Acrobats" (photograph included); detailed notes by Gerhard about the work and its relationship to Chagall's experience with Hasidism; and a New Yorker article about the Hasidim.

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Purchase papers of "Sister Anna" ("The Washerwoman") by Chagall; inquiries into the history of the drawing and resulting information; correspondence regarding an exhibition at Bradeis, where the drawing was shown before Gerhard acquired it, and where Chagall himself was present; and restoration papers and correspondence for the drawing.

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Gerhard and Franz Mayer, director of the Kunstmuseum Basel and son-in-law to Marc Chagall (husband of his daughter Ida), regarding a drawing Gerhard was shown by an American collector. The drawing is part of the illustrations Chagall did for Peretz's book, "The Magician." Gerhard asks if this is one of the original illustrations (which were supposedly left behind in Russia) or if it is an unpublished or later-published illustration. Meyer responds in a letter dated...

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This book was published in Potsdam in 1921. Gerhard ordered it from a rare book store in London.

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A handwritten invoice documents the sale of three Moses works by Chagall to Gerhard: "Finding of Moses" (signed crayon drawing); "Moses on Mt. Sanai" (signed crayon drawing); and "Moses on Mt. Sinai" (etching from the "Bible" series). Also included: a photograph of the Mt. Sinai drawing; a newspaper clipping of an article by E. O. Wilson on the fundamental qualities of morality featuring a picture of Moses and the stone tablets; and negatives of the Mt. Sinai drawing.