A signed letter from Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Department of Painting and Sculpture curator Kynaston McShine to Dennis Hopper.

The letter, dated July 15, 1969, is typewritten on MOMA letterhead and signed by McShine in green marker with an additional postscript, also in green marker. The text reads in part: "Dear Dennis: / Congratulations on Easy Rider. It was shown here at the Museum last Thursday and I think that you deserve full credit for a very strong and beautiful film -- Onward! It certainly is quite different from your earlier 'sculpture'."

McShine goes on to suggest Hopper meet with fellow MOMA curator Jenny Licht when she is in Los Angeles and discuss the happening that Hopper did with David Hemmings. The handwritten postscript reminds Hopper of the occasion of his meeting McShine.

11 x 8.5 inches

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