Mr. Duane Micbal1, 27 West 9th Street, New York City, New 1ork.

Dear Duane Michalai

October 20, 1965.

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Thank you for the announcement of an exhibition of your work at t.ha Underground Gallery in New York. I 111 disappointed I shall not be able to see it for I have thought about you many times einoe that well­remflmbered day when DO arrive d and I firiat, s1:1.w yo1..r work.. I "'"' ,r~t­ly ~pree1ed by those photogra phs which expreseed 10 many of m, ovn pre­dilection, and they have remained freah and very much alive in my mirMi.

I found you in the Nev York telephone directory a long time ago and aa I may be in New York tor a week at the and of November, I may call you .

Vith best ~shea ,

Yours ~incerely ,

Rue:h Edwards, Curator of Photo~raph1 •

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Mr. John F. M~thiea, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fcundation, 90 Park Aven1.e, _ Ne\l York City, New York. 10016

Der.r Mr. Mathias:

! ar: eending herewith the reforte on th .a work of Rudolph Ja.rw and Duune ~ioh~ls and "'1 thin the next d1q or 10 will ir.ail the rer.:alning re.--ort for Raf M«tllker. We have had e. gre14t n\i?lber of yisi tor s and uiex.pected lfOrk durin 6 the last week and I regret voty m~ch that I have not been &ble to have these •tatementa r~ach you eoonQr. I rewrote the Duane Michal& rer,p~t and it 1e not sent you on your ust.al !on. sheet. I hope this does not inconvenience you too uuch. '

I am very grateful to yot. for 1our patience and trust I am not too laite w1. th these at9. titm~nts . I tU'" much interest(td in the work of each of these three c&ndidatea and Ill! glad to have had tr.is opportunity to rocomroend it highly •

Sincerely youro ,

Hugh Edwards, Curator of Photography •

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REPORT: Since the publication of his photogra1;hs in DU som~time ago, the work. of Duane Michale he.s been of much interest to me. That ~election of phatoe;ra.vb.11 w1u1 1 early and welcome ex&uple o:f a. new photogra.phic approach which set out on new vsys of freedom from many of the sentiment 1 itiee of "involv ent" ~nd by­passed the tir'1ome (often ri diculout:1) re etitions o1' na.tve eoci l ideau. The human snd tteute sophistication of his e.tti tudoa brlnts us to single indi viduds and not types. The anecdoje - one of photography• i m.ost cct.ll!On temptations -is entirely absent from hts work imd he does not try to cre1;.t a.n illu6ion of profundity by photographically plagiarizing painting and. other arts. His photo;;rarhs &re honetly photo~:r~pha end since they employ those abilities which a.re unique to photofzra.phy, they are examples of the art of photo.;rephy. The possibilities of his special objectivity wer~~ brilliantly disple.yed in the aeries of "fashion" portrd ts in the December 1965 iasue of Esqt i re. These prove a commercial assiglllilent dmt result in observt.ttions 'fhicll are deeply re'!"' vealing and impressive with sharp meaning. Mr. Michals does not hti.va to shout from housetops, incite riots or preach sha.·~.low :raetaph7sics to make his truthful observations perauaaiYe and convincing . It ia good to hear he ph,ns to photocra..1,,1, places wlthout people and have the pro:dae thb.t he will hov us interiors. Photot:rephers, ienerally, ht-,ve relied on exteriors and on pecJ;le themselves to depict human expression, so Mr. Michals' difficult new project is comrnndeble and rovokes live y anticipation. Aft~r so muc consideration of of the exterior en:i the loneliness of man in societ y , one is impatient to 1.HJe what a gifted yo\mg artist llill show of the interiors and deserted pleces.

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Mr. Duane Michals 109 East 19th Street New York City, New York

Dear Duane:

March 14, 1968

I enjoyed talkinf! with you by telephone and am happy you have a,treed t<> have a show here. This is som~thing I have wanted ever since I saw your photographs for the first tiaae when they were reproduced in DU.

The dc1tcs I have fixed for the exhibition are June 9 through July 28 of this year and I believe this will allow enough time for selection and preparation wi tl1out too much fuss anc1 hurry. About 75 prints, most of them of the 11 x 14" size, will be needed. We will take care of ~attiug, etc. here and I assure you it will be <lone carefully and oatisfactorily .

;~~ I ha. planned to C()fne to Nt~w York sometime in April and should like '\to make a selection with you. However, there is a cata­logUing :iob I have to finish here and have in the press early in April which may delay my departure. I shall call you ag~in soon and kt~ep you inf orPlcd about this. In any case there wil 1 be the month of May for makini~ prints and !Sending them .

lver since the few momenta you spent ht.>re I have wanted to Uolk with you again, so I look forward to knowinq more of you in / the future. All good wishes now and more soon.

Sincerely,

Hugh Lclwards, Curator of Photography .

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.Mr. Duane Michals 109 East 19th Street New York City New York

Dear Duane:

I am sending herewith a set of photograph& of the instal ­lation of your exhibition by Robert Pottinger who photograph& all tht.· shows for us . I thought you might like to have them and asked hi111 to print an extra set to giv..., you.

I did enjoy your being here on Saturday so much and hope to see more of you soon . I am leaving on Monday (July 1) for Kentucky and will be at Irving Cobb Hotel , Sixth and Broad­way , Paducah , Kentucky , for three weeks . I hope you see the land of rivers eBmeday . I'll send you a card while I am there .

All ~ood wishes and thank~ to you now .

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Mr. Duane Michals 109 East 19th Street New York City New York 10003

Dear Duane1

November 19, 1968

At a recent meeting, the Committee on Prints and Drawings approved the acquisition or fourteen or 1our photographs which I had selected from your exhibition. During on or our conversations, you stated you might give ue a number ot printa, when the'choic had been made, should we care to purchase othere.

Would it be agreeable with you if we aent you a check for$ 200. 00 and add the fourteen prints to the permanent collection or The Art Institute . Your ahow was very popular during the extendod pttriod it was up and even yet people inquire about it . I arn delight d by the euoceae ot thie ev nt I had wanted to take place tor such a long time .

When I have heard from you cone :ming th• prints apoken or above, an Art Institute check will be sent you and the other print• returned by eJq>:r.•••

' I thank you aeain tor your cooperation and the tine display you eent us to exhibit. Al.so, I eaure you, if you make it possible for us to obtain the group or your prints, they will form a much noeded addition to the collection and will be eMn by many visi tore to the print atudy room.

I sh 11 write you ain or telephone soon. Best regarda now.

"lincerely,

Hugh Edwards, curator or Photography.