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  • Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to Margaret Miller

George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipient: Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)

Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to Margaret Miller

3 March 1948

© George Gatey & Sons

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George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK)
Recipient
Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Title
Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to Margaret Miller
Date
3 March 1948
Description
Letter concerning the transfer of Schwitters' assets held by the Museum to Edith Thomas.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/17
Merz

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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works TGA 9510/3/1 (68)
        • Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to Margaret Miller TGA 9510/3/1/17
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