The Museum Of Modern Art

New York 19                        11 West 53rd Street
The Museum Collections      Telephone: Circle 5-8900 Cables: Modernart, New.York


October 16, 1956

Dear Mr. Warhol,

   Last week our Committee on the Museum Collections held its first meeting of the fall season and had a chance to study your drawing entitled Shoe which you so generously offered as a gift to the Museum.

   I regret that I must report to you that the Committee decided, after careful consideration, that they ought not to accept it for our Collection

   Let me explain that because of our severely limited gallery and storage space 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 infrequently.

   Nevertheless, the Committee has asked me to pass on to you their thanks for your generous expression of interest in our Collection.

Sincerely,
Alfred H. Harr, Jr.
Director of the Museums Collections

Mr.  Andy Warhol
242 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York

P.S.The drawing may be picked up from the Museum at your convenience.