Letter from Richard J. Wolfe to John Coventry, regarding the 1989 First International Marblers’ Gathering.

Letter from Richard J. Wolfe to John Coventry, regarding the 1989 First International Marblers’ Gathering.

In this letter, typed on the verso of the writer’s marbled paper, historian Richard J. Wolf repeatedly declines John Coventry’s invitation to speak at the Marblers’ Gathering. He expresses his doubts about the viability of the speakers and the talents of contemporary marblers. Its date shortly precedes the publication of Wolfe’s important book Marbled Paper: Its History and Techniques (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990).