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Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
from Crossover Culture Max Bill’s and Georges Vantongerloo’s Ties with the United States by Angela Thomas
The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington was the last venue to present the retrospective, from November 8 to December 21, 1975, in reduced form. Featuring seventy-one works it was more akin to a solo exhibition surveying several decades of Bill’s work.
Bill wrote a few lines addressed to me on the back of the invitation card to his solo show at the Corcoran:
11–6–75 / Washington
My dear Angela,
One day before the actual opening, the exhibition is set up and looks great. Tonight is already some kind of preview with the “friends of the gallery.” I was at the Swiss ambassador’s yesterday. Rockefeller was excused, he had other worries again relating to the fact that he doesn’t want to be nominated vice president by Ford! The weather here is like a beautiful summer’s day, not a cloud in sight and warm so you don’t need a coat. I look forward to being able to hug you again.
Warm greetings, your Bill.
