97.5.4. fax/ 2 pages LH/POLLOCK8 C.5013

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc

725 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10021

Dear Claudia Stillwell!

(Excuse me for my poor english)

1./ You asked me to send an updated budget projecting my income and expenses (June '97-July '98)

My professional expenses will be, by 20 % inflation, I think:

studio and flat rent and heating 730 $

painting materials 750 $

studio repearing 100 $

photo reproductions 130 $

telephone 360 $

transporting 170 $

framing 570 $

catalogue printing 21400 $

Medical insurance 230 $

Medical expenses 310 $

Dentist for my son 580 $

Our personal expenses (it is impossibile to cut my expenses on my familys)

food 1600 $

telephon 230 $

help for mother 550 $

family holiday 250 $

clothing 490 $

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total 28450 $

Incomes

—My incomes: salary, outside work,

interest income on savings, investments,

rental income 00,0 $

art sales: only if an private collector

comes to my atelier to buy.

Last year it was: 2375 $,

I HAVE to earn about 2800 $

—Kata Jávor /spouse 4000 $

—Zsófia Váli/ daugher 900 $

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total 7700 $

C.5014

Sum:

I thank for God, that I can paint every Day. We live on rather poor level,

but we live in an economic balance.

(These level depend always on private collectors. Every sale is a miracle. )

If You can help me in my living conditions, I thank You very much, but not it is my main problem.

I had written, as a consequence an unexpected situation, it will be entirely impossibile to make my catalogue to my retrospective exhibition (written by 48 authors) without Yours helping.

The deficit is 21.400 $. It is the sum I would like from the Foundation.

2./ You asked documentation of my recent exhibitions.

—I'm working great many, but I am not a type makeing every Year an exhibition. I prepare for my retrospective exhibition since Years. It will be open in Oct. 1997, Ernst Museum, Budapest.

—In 1993 I organised an Permenent Art Exhibition for my collegues in Kecskemét Art Museum. I asked 6 painters to present 5-5 pictures for these porpose. Today morning a sended You on air mail (it was terrible expensive) the catalogue, I hope it will reach You in good time.

Dear Claudia, I hope, I got all the answer the Foundation need. Thank You for Yours attention,

sincerely:

Váli Dezső

painter

1027 Budapest

Margit körut 64/B

Hungary

phone/ fax: 361-214-8022