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NEW YORK STATE EXPOSITION
SYRACUSE, N.Y. 13209

HAROLD L. CREAL, DIRECTOR

HELEN G. VANDERVORT, DIRECTOR, ART AND HOME CENTER

June 13, 1966

Mr. Robert Schoelkopf
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery
825 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10021

Dear Mr. Schoelkopf, 

The New York State Council on the Arts has asked me to organize a special loan exhibition titled 125 Years of New York State Painting and Sculpture in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the New York State Fair to be shown for one week, from August 30th through September 5th, 1966.

The survey will highlight New York State painting and sculpture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The artists to be represented will be those who have been identified with New York State on the basis of outstanding creative achievement during their residency in the State.

The exhibition will be held in the Art and Home Center, an attractive and dignified permanent building, which also houses an excellent photographic exhibition from George Eastman House. Every precaution will be taken for the care of works and there will be guards on duty at all times.

We want to assemble the finest show possible and we would like to borrow from your collection Joseph Cornell: Nyack on the Hudson 1910. The New York State Exposition will, of course, bear all expenses of packing and transportation both ways and its special insurance policy will cover works in transit and on exhibition. Loans will be received between August 15th and 19th, during which time special attention will be given to their unpacking, and they will be returned the week immediately following the close of the show.

"One Hundred and Twenty-five Years of History Making"
August 30 - September 5, 1966