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ARTFORUM 667 MADISON AVENUE • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 MESSAGE | REPLY TO Dan Flavin Valley View Drive Lake Valhalla Cold Spring, New York 10516 DATE DATE 11/12/68 Dear Dan, Thanks for your letter. I've got most of my article done, I think -- it came easier that most anything I've written in years -- that may be good or bad. In any event, I thought vry highly of the show, and said so, but you may not [[strikethrough]] lo [[//strikethrough]] like the terms in which I cast my appreciation. If you are happy with the piece I will be pleased, but if you are not, I dont, in the nature of things, think I will be crushed. I am happy that you are happy writing for Japanese journals; no I'm not, I'm chagrined, of course. It's important to me that, if you like the Times piece, you do not take it as the public request for your material in ARTFORUM. I am counting on your own sense of manliness to bring you awareness that such a request imposes an indignity on me that I would never dream of imposing on you or any other man. My confidence in you is such that I think you will sooner or later come to realize this, and offer me material of your own accord in your own good time, knowing that the invitation for this is always open, and not just open, but open in the best of spirits. Phil BY SIGNED NO-R73 © The Drawing Board Inc., Box 505, Dallas, Texas RECIPIENT KEEP THIS COPY, RETURN WHITE COPY TO SENDER