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Lake Valhalla
Cold Spring, New York 10516

April 15, 1968

Phil Leider
Editor
Artforum
667 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10021

Sirs:

Let this be a warning to all artists who may be contemplating application to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for consideration for a Fellowship.

In the recent past, for whatever reasons, jurors for the supposed "Guggenheim grant" competition have invited certain artists to submit abbreviated applications with a guarantee that their submissions would be regarded preferentially. As far as I can ascertain, this information has not been revealed publicly. Upon understanding that your appeal may again be restrained behind those of preferable colleagues, even before the competition commences, you may not wish to waste an effort preparing all those second rate forms and soliciting relatively worthless recommendations.

Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin