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Sales

1975-1997

Documents related to the posthumous sale of works of art by Maurice de Sausmarez on behalf of his wife, Jane de Sausmarez, through commercial galleries and art dealers.

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Attempted sale by Buxton Mill Galleries

1975-1976

Correspondence related to the attempted sale of Maurice de Sausmarez's painting 'Cyclamen in Pot' by Buxton Mill Galleries in Norfolk to Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and later, the Univers...

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Hugh Wakefield to Maurice de Sausmarez

27 Dec 1956

Typewritten letter from Hugh Wakefield, Assistant Keeper of Circulation at the Victoria and Albert Museum, to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming the allocation of five collections of objects for display...

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Bonamy Dobrée to Maurice de Sausmarez

27 Jul 1958

Typewritten Letter from Bonamy Dobrée, former Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, to Maurice de Sausmarez. Dobrée notes his recent move to a smaller house and his associated ...

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'Patronage of art by businesses urged'

2 May 1955

Press cutting titled 'Patronage of art by businesses urged' published in the Yorkshire Post on 2 May 1955, reporting on a lecture by Maurice de Sausmarez for the Leeds Art Collections Fund Annual Gene...

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Leeds City Art Gallery The Picture of the Month

Mar 1948

Printed pamphlet from Leeds City Art Gallery: The Picture of the Month, Treasure from Yorkshire Houses, No. 16 March 1948, 'A Young Man' by Giorgione, From Garrowby. Part of a series shown at the Art ...

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Letter from David Wolfers to Maurice de Sausmarez

19 Dec 1968

Typewritten letter from David Wolfers, Director of the New Grafton Gallery, to Maurice de Sausmarez, discussing correspondence with B.J. Myers, who had purchased two paintings by de Sausmarez. Wolfers...

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Walker Art Gallery exhibition catalogue

1955

Printed exhibition catalogue for a loan exhibition, 'Selected Aquisitions of the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 1945-1955 In aid of The National Art-Collections Fund', organised by the Libraries, Museum...

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Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb to Maurice de Sausmarez

2 May 1950

Printed and typewritten letter from Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts, to Maurice de Sausmarez, informing him that his work titled 'Kate Reclining' [a painting of h...

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The Niarchos Collection to Maurice de Sausmarez

1958

Printed invitation to the private view of an exhibition of paintings from the Niarchos Collection at the Tate Gallery on 22 May 1958.

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Pictures from the old inventory (Art Society)

c. 1955

Typewritten list of pictures from the old inventory of Leeds University Union Art Society, with dates and prices.

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Leeds Arts Calendar 1947

1947

Printed copy of Leeds Arts Calendar published by Leeds City Art Gallery, Temple Newsam House and Leeds Art Collections Fund. No. 3 Winter 1947.

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