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Ulfert Wilke was a profound influence on Merton's art and was a mutual friend of Ad Reinhardt. The tow discuss art and an exhibition of Merton's calligraphies.
Ulfert Wilke was a painter and calligrapher who was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1938. From 1948 to 1964, he was at the Allen R. Hite Institute at the University of Louisville.
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1964/01/02 |
HLS to Merton |
These days I have been thinking of you often. Nankoku Hidai, a Japanese abstract calligrapher came |
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1964/07/22 (#01) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
It was good to get your note and to know you are here in this part of the country again. Not very |
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1964/07/22 (#02) |
HLS to Merton |
This summer til the 1st of September I am in Kentucky. I have rented a garage near Pee-Wee Valley |
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1964/09/23 |
HLS to Merton |
I wrote to James J. Sweeney, the director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, of your |
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1964/10/19 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
I have sent a copy of the "signatures" to Mrs Masters, but have not heard anything from Mr Sweeney. |
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1964/12/27 |
TL[c] from Merton |
How are you? It is a long time since I have heard from you. The exhibit in Louisville went off all |
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