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Correspondence regarding Naum Gabo
3 - 28 Jan 1966
This file contains 3 signed typescript letters on The Arts Council of Great Britain headed paper. The letters regard Read's Introduction to a Naum Gabo exhibition catalogue and are from Joanna Drew (A...
Correspondence regarding P.A. Tomory
13 Jan 1965 - 16 Jan 1965
This file contains 1 letter to Herbert Read, from Mary Swainson, Research Secretary at the British Academy, regarding P.A. Tomory.
William Hogarth
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
2 sets of proofs with manuscript corrections for an article (appendix?) regarding William Hogarth.
Introduction [the art of Charis]
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', 3ff. Regarding the art and designs created by Charis.
To Quote or not to Quote
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
Typescript carbon copy titled 'To Quote or Not to Quote', 6ff. Regards the advisability of quoting in critical essays.
Sam Francis
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
Typescript carbon copy titled 'Sam Francis', 3ff. Regarding the abstract artist Sam Francis and his work.
Talking of Books
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
Typescript carbon copy titled 'Talking of Books: Unbounded and Immortal Things', 5ff. Regards 'The Golden Legend' (1483).
The Empty Landscape
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
2 typescript carbon copies of a prose piece titled 'The Empty Landscape', regarding landscape in painting and quoting from Baudelaire and Kierkegaard.
Introduction [Kipling: Just So Stories]
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
c. 1965
2 typescript carbon copies titled 'Introduction', 5ff, 1 with manuscript corrections. Regards Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.
Introduction [Marini]
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
1915 - 1968
Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', with 'Marini' written at the top in ball point pen, 10ff. Regarding sculptures of Marino Marini.
John D Margolis
Feb 1966
Two letters addressed to Read, with copy of Read's reply typed on reverse. Margolis asked several questions regarding T. S. Eliot.
Margery Cooke (nee Ludwig)
1964 - 1966
This file contains 2 exuberant letters from Margery (Maymay) Cooke, one of Margaret Read's sisters. Regards family news and finances.