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Total number of records: 254

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive252
Brotherton Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

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De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Hourticq, Louis (1875-1944)1
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Notebook with bibliography

c.1955

Undated 'Lawco' spiral bound reporters notebook with handwritten notes by Maurice de Sausmarez, including a bibliography and a pencil sketch of the plan of City Square in Leeds.

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The Listener

5 May 1960

Copy of the Listener (1960) including an article by the art historian Anton Ehrenzweig titled 'The Fear of Realism in Art'.

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An Aesthetic Approach to Original Designs

1950

Bound typewritten copy of an essay titled 'An Aesthetic Approach to Original Designs' by D.M. Cooper, dated 20 November 1950, with a handwritten letter by the author enclosed.

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Exerpts from 'Ben Nicholson: A Retrospective'

1955

Mounted copies of exerpts of texts from the exhibition catalogue for 'Ben Nicholson: A Retrospective' at the Tate Gallery in 1955, including the introduction by Herbert Read, notes on abstract art by ...

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Statement on Constructivism

21 Apr 1964

Handwritten statement on Constructivism by J.H. Leverett [?] .

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'Art in the North'

8 Jul 1951

Typescript for a talk by Maurice de Sausmarez titled 'Art in the North', broadcast by the North of England Home Service.

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Lecture on the Futurists

c. 1960

Typewritten lecture on the Futurist art movement by Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Reviews of Klee, Itten and Taylor

c.1962

Undated draft typescript and handwritten notes for a combined review of 'The Thinking Eye' by Paul Klee, 'The Art of Colour' by Johannes Itten and 'Colour Technology' by F.A. Taylor, by Maurice de Sau...

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Universities Quarterly reviews offprint

c. 1955

Offprint of the reviews section of the journal Universities Quarterly, including a review of Maurice W. Brockwell's 'The Van Eyck Problem' by H. [?] de Sausmarez.

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'Ben Nicholson: Another View' by David Lewis

1952

Mounted copy of an article by the architect David Lewis titled 'Ben Nicholson: Another View', published in the Studio in 1952, pp. 184-187.

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Notes on art

c. 1955

Undated typewritten and handwritten notes on art and art education, with numbered statements.

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Notes on art in English and German

c. 1955

Undated copy of typewritten notes on art in English and German, with numbered statements.

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