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WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 945 Madison Avenue at Seventy-Fifth Street New York, New York 10021 (212) 249-4100 December 30, 1969 Mr. Robert Rauschenberg COPY JERRY c/o Leo Castelli 4 East 77th Street New York, New York 10021 Dear Mr. Rauschenberg: I want to acknowledge with our warmest gratitude your very generous offer to give the Museum your painting, Ammo, silkscreen ink on mirrored Plexiglas with electronic equipment, 1969, 60 x 60 x 10 inches. Our Acquisitions Committee has formally accepted it for our permanent collection and we are all the more delighted than I can say to acquire such an important example of your work. Unless you instruct us otherwise, we will plan to label and catalogue the work as: "Gift of the artist." Again my warmest thanks for this truly superb gift. Yours sincerely, Director JIHB:pw bc: Leo Castelli 🗸