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De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)4
Mardrus, J C (1868-1949)4
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W. Knoebel: Projektion 4/1-11, 5/1-11

Knoebel, W; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum

[1972]

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Jan Roeland, 1967-1978 : Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 24.11.1978-7.1.1979

Roeland, Jan (1935-); Schippers, K (1936-); Sizoo, Hans; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum

1978

Exhibition catalogue. Cover title. Text by K. Schippers and Hans Sizoo.

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Piero Manzoni : Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, 26-9 t/m 9-11-1969; Städtisches Museum, Mönchen-Gladbach, 26-11-1969 t/m 4-1-1970; Kunstverein Hannover, 26-1 t/m 28-2-1970; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 13-3 t/m 26-4-1970

Manzoni, Piero (1933-1963); Kultermann, Udo; Peeters, Henk (1925-); Stedelijk M; Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum

[1969]

Exhibition catalogue. P. [3] printed on transparent paper. Includes essay by Udo Kultermann, the text of a speech by Henk Peeters, at the opening of the exhibition; and statements by the artist.

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Commission document

5 Jan 1915

Commission document for Herbert Edward Read as 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces. The commission is marked temporary, for the duration of the war.

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Catalogue of nineteenth-century & modern English & French literature, autograph letters & literary manuscripts : comprising first editions or presentation copies of Barrie... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co.... at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1, on Monday, the 11th May, 1964

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1964

Cover title: Catalogue of nineteenth-century & modern English & French literature, autograph letters & literary manuscripts, comprising the property of... Philippa Strachey ... Margaret Sackville ... ...

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1963 Campaign for Education

17 Dec 1962 - 6 Feb 1964

This file contains 3 signed typescript letters, 1 carbon copy letter and 2 typescript notes relating to the 1963 Campaign for Education. The first signed typescript letter is to Herbert Read from Lo...

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Co Westerik : Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 24. 9 t/m 7. 11 1971; Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande, Groningen, 23. 12 1971 t/m 23. 1 1972; Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussel, 4. 2 t/m 5. 3 1972

Westerik, Co (1924-); Beeren, W A L; Blok, Cor (1934-); Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Groninger Museum; Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels, Belgium)

1971

Title from p. [4] of cover. Exhibition catalogue. Essays by Win Beeren and Cor Blok.

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters (no.16, 1966)

American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)

1951-

Continues an earlier series of the Proceedings, v.1-2 (no.1-11), published 1910-21.

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters (no.17, 1967)

American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)

1951-

Continues an earlier series of the Proceedings, v.1-2 (no.1-11), published 1910-21.

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters (no.18, 1968)

American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)

1951-

Continues an earlier series of the Proceedings, v.1-2 (no.1-11), published 1910-21.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters: Graham Greene

Greene, Graham (1904-1991)

22 Aug 1967 - 17 Apr 1968

This file contains 15 typescript letters, some signed with manuscript annotations, and their associated attachments to Herbert Read from Graham Greene, both members of the American Academy of Arts and...

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Coward-McCann

1966

This file contains 3 letters relating to the publisher Coward-McCann, New York, and permissions to reprint quotations from Read's Reason and Romanticism in an American edition of Peter Owen's Emily Br...

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