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Archive Series

Recordings

c. 1960-2010

Reel to reel tape and copies on CD of recordings of interviews and broadcasts made by and relating to Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Writing

1944-2002

Material related to Maurice de Sausmarez's published writing, including drafts, notes, proofs and correspondence concerning various editions of his monograph 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form...

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Dissipated Octopuses

9 Apr 1959

Three copies of the Listener dated 9 April 1959, featuring the article 'Dissipated Octopuses' by Maurice de Sausmarez, pp. 629-631. This manifesto on art education for adolescents was first broadcast ...

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William Stobbs to Maurice de Sausmarez

Apr 1959

Typewritten letter from William Stobbs, Principal of Maidstone College of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that he was impressed with de Sausmarez's broadcast of 'Dissipated Octopuses' on the Thir...

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Talks for Sixth Forms

1960

Three copies of a printed pamphlet for Talks for Sixth Forms, BBC Broadcasts to Schools Spring Term 1960. Broadcast on the Home Service on Fridays from 11.40am to noon. The introductory talk, titled '...

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Dissipated Octopuses contract

9 Jun 1959

Printed and typewritten contract for Maurice de Sausmarez's talk titled 'Dissipated Octopuses' broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation on the Third Programme on 18 May 1959, having been reco...

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What Kind of Art Schools?

26 Sep 1958

Cutting from the Radio Times listing an episode of the Third Programme titled 'What Kind of Art Schools?', featuring a disucssion between Bruce Archer, Clifford Ellis, Mary Hoad, J.H. Holden, John Chr...

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Tradition and Experiment in Art 4. Cézanne

c. 2010

Undated copy of an audio recording on CD of the radio broadcast of 'Tradition and Experiment in Art 4. Cézanne' by Maurice de Sausmarez for the BBC Talks for Sixth Forms series.

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Artist and Public

22 Jan 1960

Annotated copy of a script for a recording of 'Artist and Public' by Maurice de Sausmarez, as part of a series of Talks for Sixth Forms on Modern Art, broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 22 January 1...

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'Viewpoint' radio programme

16 Jun 1950

Three press cuttings, one likely from the Radio Times listing the broadcast of the third programme in the 'Viewpoint' radio series on Jervaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, featuring Phyllis Bently, Maurice de ...

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Listing for 'Dissipated Octopuses'

20 Mar 1959

Cutting from the Radio Times with a listing for the broadcast of 'Dissipated Octopuses' by Maurice de Sausmarez as part of the BBC Third Programme.

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Introduction: The artist and public today

1960

Printed pamphlet on Talks for Sixth Forms, part of the BBC Broadcasts for Schools series for the spring term of 1960. The text for Maurice de Sausmarez's introduction to the series on Modern Art, 'The...

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