The art critic sent this letter to Ernesto Deira informing him about the Instituto de Arte Latinoamericano [Latin American Art Institute], which includes the Museo Latinoamericano [Latin American Museum], for which he requests the collaboration of artists that are friendly to the idea of “Nuevo Chile” [“New Chile”]. In this sense, Pellegrini mentions that Argentinean artists like Antonio Seguí and Julio Le Parc already support the museum. He asks Deira to contact Yuyo (Luis Felipe Noé), Jorge (de la Vega), Marta Peluffo, (Miguel) Dávila, and (Carmelo) Carrá, among others, to donate a work of art for the fledging museum.

Aldo Pellegrini (Rosario, 1903–Buenos Aires, 1973) was a very prominent poet, playwright, essayist, and art critic in the Argentinean cultural milieu. Linked from the beginning to the development of Surrealism, he directed several editorial projects. Likewise, he supported and helped spread Abstract art’s different trends, promoting several groups, such as Artistas Modernos de la Argentina [Moderns Artists of Argentina] and Asociación Arte Nuevo [New Art Association]. Ernesto Deira (1928–86) was an Argentinean artist that originally earned a degree in law and, in 1961, organized the group Otra Figuración [Another Figuration] together with Luis Felipe Noé (1933), Jorge de la Vega (1930–71), and Rómulo Macció. Deira died in Paris.  This letter has been selected because it brings to light the nexus between Pellegrini and Deira regarding the organization of the Instituto de Arte Latinoamericano [Latin American Art Institute], organized in Santiago de Chile during Salvador Allende’s (1908–73) administration. This letter has been accompanied by an informative brochure stating the overarching goals of the project and an open request to all those interested in Latin American art. It is signed by its founding father Miguel Rojas-Mix, Brazilian art critic Mario Pedrosa, and Pellegrini himself.