File NLW ex 2976 - Gwen John

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NLW ex 2976

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Gwen John

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  • [?mid 20 cent.]-2002 (Creation)

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1 small box.

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(1929-2010)

Biographical history

Mary Taubman (née Edmond, 1929-2010) was an artist and author and was recognised as a leading authority on Gwen John.

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Papers relating mostly to Gwen John, [?mid 20 cent.]-2002, accumulated by Sara John. They include a carbon copy typescript of Mary C. A. Edmond's [i.e. Mary Taubman] Edinburgh University dissertation, 'Gwen John 1876-1939', [1953]; a carbon copy typescript draft of introductory notes for an unidentified publication, [?mid 1960s]; a typescript 'final draft' of 'Gwen John 1876-1939' by Sara John, 1982; an incomplete typescript work (ff. 7-9, 11, 13-15, 20-21 only) concerning Gwen John's relationship with her patron John Quinn, [20 cent, last ¼]; various notes, translations and quotations, mostly manuscript, [?in the hand of Sara John], [20 cent, last ¼]-2002; a copy of 'The Antiquary', a poem by Augustus John, dated 1948; and six family photographs, the subjects including Ida, Edwin, Sara and Augustus John, [?mid 20 cent.]-[late 20 cent.].

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  • English
  • French

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English, French.

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For Mary C. A. Edmond's dissertation see also NLW, Mary Taubman (Gwen John) Research Papers 6/1.

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