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Total number of records: 226

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives197
Books and printed items25
Objects3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection222
Herbert Read Collection222
English Literature199
Art and Antique Market1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
LGBTQ1
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
modernism (art)224
art, modern206
art202
anarchism199
english poetry199
sculpture, modern199
art, british4
painting4
artists3
modern art2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England1
Germany1
London1
Russia (Federation)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)25
Arts Council of Great Britain5
Arts Council of Great Britain. Welsh Committee4
Mcguire, William (1917-)4
National Museum of Wales4
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)3
Barr, Alfred Hamilton (1902-1981)2
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)2
Hull, R F C (1913-1974)2
Kellogg, Rhoda2

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From 18002
From 1900222
From 20002

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May, 1999, London, (Declined)

Apr 1999 - May 1999

Correspondence inviting Zygmunt Bauman to contribute to a conference at the Tate Gallery under the title of "Museums of modern art and the end of history" on 14-15 May 1999.

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Article "Progress and pitfalls in secondary education"

1930

"First of the Sachs Memorial Lectures delivered at the Horace Mann auditorium, Teachers College, Columbia University, on March 26, under the auspices of the Julius and Rosa Sachs Foundation and of Tea...

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Problematik der Gegenwartskunst

Worringer, Wilhelm (1881-1965)

c1948

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Über die Moderne Kunst

Klee, Paul (1879-1940)

[1945]

"Dieser Essay aus dem schriftlichen Nachlass von Paul Klee ist nach vierjähriger pädagogischer Tätigkeit am Bauhaus in Weimar entstanden. Er bildete die Unterlage zu einer Rede, welche der Künstle...

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Towards a new subject in painting

Onslow-Ford, Gordon; Freeman, Richard B (1908-1986); San Francisco Museum of Art

1948

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What is modern painting?

Barr, Alfred Hamilton (1902-1981); Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

1952

Bibliography: p. 47-48.

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The Fauvist painters

Duthuit, Georges (1891-1973)

1950

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What is modern painting?

Barr, Alfred Hamilton (1902-1981); Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

1952

Bibliography: p. 47-48.

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La Philosophie de l'art moderne

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Manceau, Simone

1988

Index.

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La Philosophie de l'art moderne

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Manceau, Simone

1988

Index.

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Pittura metafísica

Apollonio, Umbro (1911-1981)

[1950]

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