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'The Artist and the Physicist: an Exchange'

1957

Typewritten copy of an introduction to a lecture given to the Physical Society of the University of Leeds by the artist Alan Davie, titled: 'The Artist and the Physicist: an Exchange'.

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Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition catalogue

1951

Printed catalogue for the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery, which was held between 29 September and 11 November 1951. In a foreword by Director Ernest I. Musgrave, he notes that...

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Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition catalogue

1953

Printed catalogue for the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery, held between 19 September and 1 November 1953. The catalogue includes a foreword by A. Adamson, Chairman of the Libra...

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'Experts judge paintings by Leeds district artists'

c. 1950

Undated press cutting from an unidentified newspaper titled 'Experts judge paintings by Leeds district artists', in which Maurice de Sausmarez is pictured alongside Ernest Musgrave (Director of Leeds...

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Press release for the S.W. Hayter exhibition

c. 1957

Copy of a typewritten press release for an exhibition by the artist Stanley William Hayter in the Parkinson Building, jointly organised by the Department of Fine Art at the University of Leeds and the...

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Helen Kapp to Maurice de Sausmarez

16 Dec 1958

Handwritten letter from Helen Kapp, Director of Wakefield City Art Gallery and Museum, to Maurice de Sausmarez, mentioning the Polish artist Marek Żuławski and Marion Spencer of the Mission in the U...

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'Leeds University appointments'

23 Feb 1952

Press cutting titled 'Leeds University appointments' published in the Yorkshire Post on 23 February 1952, reporting that Maurice de Sausmarez had been elected as a member of the Royal Society of Briti...

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Bernard Dorival to Maurice de Sausmarez

30 April 1959

Typewritten letter from Bernard Dorival of the Musée National d'Art Moderne to Maurice de Sausmarez, giving permission to reproduce a portrait of the artist Georges Seurat by Ernest Laurent, written ...

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Teaching notes

c. 1955

Undated handwritten and typewritten teaching notes by Maurice de Sausmarez, including lists of artists and art works, drafts of letters, drafts of timetables, lists of books, notes on academic plannin...

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Gregory Fellowships in the Creative Arts

1950-1953

Copies of typewritten notes on the Gregory Fellowships in the Creative Arts, including the objects, outline, duration, number, kind of artist, tenure, duties, University co-operation, method of electi...

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Envelope addressed to Alan Davie

Oct 1957

Empty envelope from Contemporary Slides, New York, addressed to the artist Alan Davie at 38 Moor Road, Headingley, Leeds. This is the address at which the Gregory Fellows were accommodated during thei...

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Eric Wilfred Taylor to Maurice de Sausmarez

17 Nov 1958

Handwritten letter from Eric Wilfred Taylor, Principal of Leeds College of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, discussing an unspecified complaint and the pressures on Taylor to resolve internal disputes. T...

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