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Total number of records: 19

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Books and printed items15
Indexes4

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection15
Herbert Read Collection15
Letters Database4

Count of Subject

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child artists9
children's art6
children as artists3
art, british1
artists1
artists, british1
avant-garde (aesthetics)1
figurative art, british1
painting, flemish1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Herbert19
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)15
British Council5
Beaux Arts (Gallery : London, England)2
Berry, John, 1925-2
Grabowski Gallery2
Grayson, Roy, 1936-2
Group One Four (Artists' Group)2
Kunst, Mauro2
Ringshall, Ron2

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11 British artists : a selection of gouaches, drawings and prints, Jan. 29 - Feb. 27

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Jefferson Place Gallery (Washington, D.C.)

[1958?]

Invitation to the opening of the exhibition on Jan. 29, [1958?], with details of the artists & works exhibited.

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Sender: Armitage, Kenneth ?

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): 11 Apr [1967-1969]

Location: BC MS 20c Herbert Read, box 6

Note: Written from Berlin. Mentions Uhlmann (an artist) and Castle Howard. Kenneth Armitage was guest artist for the City of Berlin Kunstlerprogramm, 1967-1969.

Sender: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): 16 Feb 1965

Location: Read D507

Note: Re: Jodie Eastman of the Guggenheim Museum sending a catalogue of Alexander Calder on the artist's request


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Graham Sutherland : Kunsthaus Zürich, 1. März bis 6. April 1953

Sutherland, Graham (1903-1980); Clark, Kenneth (1903-1983); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Kunsthaus Zürich

[1953]

Exhibition catalogue. Includes an essay in English by the artist.

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Sender: Read, Herbert

Recipient: Harrison, Charles

Letters: 1

Date(s): 1 Feb 1967

Location: BC MS 20c Herbert Read, box 7 (H)

Note: carbon copy. Re: refers to his contribution to the Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art in Britain 1930-40, at the Marlborough Gallery, March to April 1965; formation of Unit One; Seven and Five Group (refers Harrison to Ben Nicholson); refers to his article 'A Nest of Gentle Artists'


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New trends in British art = Nuove tendenze dell'arte inglese

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989); Rome-New York Art Foundation

[196-?]

English and Italian.

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The British Council exhibition of British children's drawings : the United States of America, 1941-1942

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); British Council

[1941]

Exhibition catalogue.

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The British Council exhibition of British children's drawings : the United States of America, 1941-1942

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); British Council

[1941]

Exhibition catalogue.

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Exposição de desenhos de escolares da Grã Bretanha... América do Sul, 1941-1942

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); British Council

[1941?]

Catalogue of a travelling exhibition of children's paintings. "Organizada pelo British Council, Londres".

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Sender: Wolpe, Berthold L.

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): ?

Location: BC Read C3782. Inserted in, "The Psycho-Analysis of Artistic Vision and Hearing : An Introduction to a Theory of Unconscious Perception", Anton Ehrenzweig, 1953


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Johannes Vermeer

Vermeer, Johannes (1632-1675); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1965

"Knowledge publications". Caption title.

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Group One Four: John Berry, Roy Grayson, Mauro Kunst, Brian Yale : contact London 1967: an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from the 27 of June to the 11 of August, Grabowski Gallery

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Ringshall, Ron; Group One Four (Artists' group); Grabowski Gallery

[1967]

Exhibition catalogue. Cover title. Preface by Herbert Read; essay by Ron Ringshall.

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