A beautiful rejection 👩‍🚀

In a letter dated 1956, the MOMA notified Andy Warhol that its collections committee had decided to turn down the drawing Shoe.

Dear Mr. Warhol,

Last week our Committee on the Museum collections held its first meeting of the fall season and had a chance to study your drawing entitled "Shoe" which you so generously offered as a gift to the Museum.

I regret …