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Summary:
Letters from Erwin Panofsky to art historians Wolfgang Stechow (1930-1931) and Lili Fröhlich-Bum (1931); and to art librarian at the Brooklyn Museum, William B. Walker (1960). The letters to Stechow were written as Stechow was preparing a review of Panofsky's book, Hercules am Scheidewege und andere anitike Bildstoffe inder neueren Kunst, and provide additional information not found in the book itself.
Citation:
Erwin Panofsky letters, 1930-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 5136 (frames 812-824) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
All photocopies.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the possession of Irving Lavin, Princeton, N.J.
Biography Note:
Art historian; Princeton, New Jersey.
Language Note:
All but one of the letters are in German.
Provenance:
Donated 1994 by Irving Lavin who found the letters in William Stechow's copy of Hercules am Scheidewege which he received from Stechow's widow.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
