Letter from Walt Kuhn to Vera Kuhn [December 14, 1912]. 4 pages, 25.3 x 20.2 cm. and 25.5 x 16.4 cm; 3 drawings, pencil on paper. Walt Kuhn, Kuhn Family Papers, And Armory Show Records.
In this letter to his wife, Kuhn describes the pine tree logo for the Armory Show of 1913, the first exhibition of modern art in the United States.
A high excitement is already evident 2 months before the show opened. He wrote, "We have adopted an emblem - Taken from the old pine tree flag of the revolution - I got the idea one morning in bed - [Arthur B.] Davies made the drawing and we'll have it on stationary, catalogues, posters and everywhere - We are also going to have campaign buttons - here is the design = = it will be about this size and very neat. We are going to get them by the thousands - give them to everybody - from bums to preachers - art students."