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Total number of records: 25

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Herbert Read Collection25
Brotherton Collection23
English Literature4

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anarchism4
art4
art, modern4
english poetry4
modernism (art)4
sculpture, modern4

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)9
Hoboken, Eva Van2
Mcguire, William (1917-)2
Mountford, Charles P (1890-1976)2
Aarons, Anita1
Adler, Gerhard (1904-)1
Alley, Ronald1
Beny, Roloff1
Berne, Stanley (1923-)1
Burke, Joseph1

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Michael Polanyi: The Creative Imagination

c. 1965

Typescript copy titled The Creative Imagination, by Michael Polyani. A note asking for Read's opinion of the text is included in the file.

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English Pottery

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1924

Unbound printed copy of 'English Pottery', by Herbert Read and Bernard Rackham. Each part of the text is marked either red or blue, depending on the author.

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Writing by others

c.1914-1968

Substantial series of work by others which had been sent to Read. The series contains both material dedicated to or concerning Read and texts sent to him for comment.

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Alva

c. 1951

Hardbound publisher's mock-up of 'Alva: Recent paintings and drawings', published byThe Bodley Head and edited by Read. With pasted in pictures and manuscript titles, but no additional text.

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Pop

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1965

Typescript drafts with manuscript pages titled 'Pop', 7ff and 5ff. The text uses quotations from 'The New Art' catalogue from an exhibition at Wesleyan University, 1-22 March (1965?). The catalogue is...

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Redemption of the Robot

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1956 - 1965

This file contains multiple typescripts and printed articles for inclusion in The Redemption of the Robot, as well as a full reproduction of the text sent to Read at the same time as the publisher's p...

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V.B. Petersen: Vita Nova

c. 1954

Dummy (?) for Vita Nova by V.B. Perterson. Text and images are pasted in, with some manuscript amendments. A pasted in typescript reads 'This book is printed in 165 numbered copies signed by the artis...

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Arlene Zekowski

Zekowski, Arlene (1922-)

c. 1960

This file contains 4 typescript documents, with manuscript annotations, by Arlene Zekowski, n.d. [c. 1960].

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Art Now

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1960

This file contains material relating to the 1960 edition of Art Now published by Faber and Faber.

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Stanley Berne

Berne, Stanley (1923-)

c. 1960

This file contains 2 typescript documents, with manuscript annotations, by Stanley Berne, n.d. [c. 1960].

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The Artist and his Community

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1950

This file includes 1 typescript with manuscript corrections, headed The Artist and his Community. There are also manuscript notes, one of which is headed '[Herbert Read: to add at end of text].

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Bollingen Series: Max Raphael

Cohen, Robert S; Schaefer, Claude; McGuire, William (1917-)

c.1963 - 1968

Drafts, correspondence and planning material relating to Max Raphael's 'The Demands of Art'. Read had written the introduction to the English translation of the text, published in the Bollingen Series...

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