- AW#

Dear Mr. Warhol:

Last week our committee on thee museum collections held its first meeting of thee fall

season and had a chance to study yur drawing entitled shoe which yu so generously offered

as a gift to thee museum.

I regret that i must report to yu tht thee committee decided, after carfeul consideration,

that they ought not to accept it for our collection.

Let me explain that bc if our severely limited gallery and storage sapce we must

turn down many gifts offered, since we feel it is not fair to accept as a gift

a work which may be shown only infrequeatly.

Nevertheless, thee committee has asked me to pass on to their thanks for yur

generous expression of interest in our collection.

Sincerely,

Alfred H. Barr, Jr.

Director of thee museum collections

Mr. Andy Warhol

242 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York

P.S. Thee drawing may be picked up from thee museum

at yur convenience.

*I was rummagin through my old andywarhol bag [vintagetreasure]

&found this letter ! &fell in <3

Mr. Mastermind himself,

AW

forevertrue, kaypee <3