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Letter from Edgar Kaufmann, jr. to Frida Kahlo, Apr 8, 1940

Typewritten letter on white paper with inked cross-out and signature.
Creator
Edgar Kaufmann, jr.
Recipient
Frida Kahlo
Language
English

Overview

This is a letter from Edgar Kaufmann, jr. (1910 to 1989) on behalf of the Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh, PA. The Kaufmann family commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house. Kaufmann is best known for becoming an architecture and art history scholar.

Original Document

Typewritten letter on white paper with inked cross-out and signature.
Page 1, Letter from Edgar Kaufmann, jr. to Frida Kahlo, Apr 8, 1940; NMWA, Archives of Women Artists; The Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930-1954
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Page 1, Letter from Edgar Kaufmann, jr. to Frida Kahlo, Apr 8, 1940; NMWA, Archives of Women Artists; The Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers, 1930-1954

Transcription

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[Letterhead]

KAUFMANN DEPARTMENT STORES
INCORPORATED
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

April 8, 1940

Dear Frida:

I found out from the manufacturer that the
radio cannot be adapted to your local electri-
cal conditions; I am sorry to say so.

Have you any news about Diego’s painting?

Yours truly,

Edgar

Miss Frida Kahlo,
Ave. Londres 127,
Coyacan, D.F.
Mexico.