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Herbert Read Collection50
Brotherton Collection39
English Literature7

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anarchism7
art7
art, modern7
english poetry7
modernism (art)7
sculpture, modern7

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People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)14
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)2
Rothenstein, John (1901-1992)2
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1
Baker, Denys Val (1917-1984)1
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)1
Berger, John1
Bold, Alan (1943-)1
Clark, Kenneth (1903-1983)1
Creffield, Dennis (1931-2018)1

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From 18001
From 190049

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Form

10 Dec 1965 - 29 Jul 1966

This file contains 5 signed typescript letters to Herbert Read, some with Read's carbon copy reponse typed on verso, from Dr. F. G. Middelhauve, dated 10 Dec 1965 0 29 Jul 1966, 6ff.

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Disintegration of Form

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Galley proofs for an article titled 'Disintegration of Form', 5ff. The article was published in Studio International.

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Notes on form

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1960 - 1964

File titled 'Notes on Form'. This file contains manuscript and typescript excerpts from books on subjects including the formless self and Chinese archaic jades. It also includes typescripts and ...

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Victor Pasmore: Feeling and Form

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled titled 'Victor Pasmore', with 'Feeling and Form' added by hand, 6ff.

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The Cloud and the Crystal [The Origin of Form in Art]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1961 - 1964

1 book-length typescript with manuscript corrections headed 'The Cloud and the Crystal', (an initial title for 'The Origin of Form in Art'?). Chapters include an offprint called 'Beauty and the Bea...

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Ideal form and popular taste in industrial design, proofs, for Nature, 17 Feb 1962

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1962

Galley proofs (reprint?) of 'Ideal form and popular taste in industrial design', published by Nature, 17th Febrary 1962, with 1 brief manuscript query, printers details and a Design Research Institute...

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Bruce Turner

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1964

1 manuscript and 1 typescript carbon copy headed 'Bruce Turner'. The paper formed the introduction or preface to an exhibition catalogue of the works of Turner, written by Patrick Heron.

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Andre Deutsch

1964

This file contains correspondence and associated material with the publisher Andre Deutsch.The letters refer to a sixth form poetry anthology called Sprouts on Helicon, for which Read agreed to write ...

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Art of Movement Studio

Jun 1968

This file contains 1 typescript invitation card and 1 typescript R.S.V.P form relating to an Open Day at the Art of Movement Studio, dated Jun 1968, 2ff.

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The paintings of Jan Le Witt

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'The paintings of Jane Le Witt', 4ff. It begins, 'In writing about an art that is in the strict sense 'abstract' the critic is conscious of a dilemma which does not arise...

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Harvard University International Seminar

20 - 29 Nov 1967

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter with Herbert Read’s carbon copy response typed on verso and associated material relating to the Harvard University International Seminar.

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Wallace Rosenbauer

14 Apr 1964 - 18 Apr 1964

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from Wallace Rosenbauer, and 1 carbon copy of Read's response.

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