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Total number of records: 25

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items22
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Herbert Read Collection24
Brotherton Collection21

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
art, american3
art, modern2
painters2
painting, european2
art, african1
art, black1
collage1
nursery rhymes1
painting, spanish1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986)25
Sweeney, James Johnson15
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)4
Burri, Alberto (1915-1995)3
Burri, Alberto, 1915-19953
Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)3
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum3
Calder, Alexander2
Calder, Alexander (1898-1976)2
Rome-New York Art Foundation2

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Guggenheim Foundation

Ray, Gordon Norton (1915-1986); Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986)

3 May 1957 - 19 Dec 1964

This file contains correspondence and associated material relating to the Guggenheim Foundation. Correspondence includes letters to Herbert Read from James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Solomon R...

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959); Penrose, Sir Roland (1900-1984); Pailthorpe, Grace Winifred; Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985); Drew, Jane (1911-1996); Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989); Richman, Robert

1946 - 1969

This file contains correspondence, minute meetings and associated material relating to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Herbert Read co-founded ICA in 1947 alongside Roland Penrose, Eric C....

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Rome-New York Art Foundation

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986)

6 Oct 1956 - 3 Oct 1957

This file contains correspondence and associated material relating to the Rome-New York Art Foundation. Hebert Read was Great Britain’s representative on the Artistic Committee for the Rome-New Yo...

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Piet Mondrian

Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944); Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

[1948]

"Text on pages 1-13 is reprinted from the Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. XII, no. 4; text on pages 15-16, from the Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. XIII, nos. 4-5"==P [2] of cover.

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Joan Miró

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

1941

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Three young rats, and other rhymes : drawings by Alexander Calder

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Calder, Alexander (1898-1976)

1944

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Afro : paintings, gouaches, drawings

Afro (1912-1976); Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986)

1961

Bibliography : p. 84-85.

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Younger European painters : a selection

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

[1953]

Catalogue of an exhibition held December 2, 1953 to February 21, 1954, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Edition of 4000 copies. Errata slip inserted.

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Burri

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Burri, Alberto (1915-1995)

[1955]

Bibliography, p. [7].

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Picasso and Iberian sculpture

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); College Art Association of America

1941

Reprinted from The Art Bulletin, Sept 1941, vol.23, no.3.

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Alexander Calder : mobiles, stabiles, constellations

Calder, Alexander (1898-1976); Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980); Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Galerie Louis Carré

c1946

Exposition du 25 octobre au 16 novembre 1946.

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African negro art

Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

1935

Catalogue of an exhibition. Map (1 folded sheet) as loose insert.

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