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WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
22 WEST 54th ST. • NEW YORK 19 • COLUMBUS 5-5300

GERTRUDE V WHITNEY, FOUNDER
FLORA WHITNEY MILLER, PRESIDENT

HERMON MORE
Director

LLOYD GOODRICH
Associate Director

JOHN I. H. BAUR
Curator

ROSALIND IRVINE
Associate Curator

MARGARET McKELLAR
Executive Secretary

June 16, 1955

Mrs. Betty Parsons
Betty Parsons Gallery
15 East 57th Street
New York 22, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Parsons:

Mr. More has asked me to send you the enclosed check for $900.00 to cover the Museum's purchase of Ad Reinhardt's painting, Number 17, 1953, from our current New Decade exhibition. We are delighted to be able to add this painting to our permanent collection.

Sincerely yours,

Margaret McKellar
Executive Secretary

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