File 2/15 - Letters from British repositories

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2/15

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Letters from British repositories

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  • [1977]-[1999] (Creation)

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1.5 cm.

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The file comprises letters, [1977]-[1999], mainly from repositories and societies such as the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, BBC, New Academy for Art Studies, Ulster Museum, Tate Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, University of Liverpool, Christie's, City of Manchester Cultural Services, City of Sheffield Department of Arts, City of Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery, British Library, Bodleian Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Library of Ireland, Chatto & Windus, National Museums & Galleries of Wales and the Barbican Art Gallery, relating to enquiries such as the works of Augustus John, exhibitions and lectures by Michael Holroyd. Also included are letters from ZIP TV, Cardiff, 1994, relating to arrangements for Michael Holroyd's interview for the programme 'Augustus John: King of Bohemia'.

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A video of the programme 'Augustus John: King of Bohemia', shown December 1994 and featuring Michael Holroyd, is in The National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales at NLW (VM 5922).

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Enclosed are a list of lectures and visits arranged by The New Academy for Art Studies, 1978-1979, referring to a lecture given by Michael Holroyd on Augustus John, October 1978, with a letter, 30 October 1978, from this institution; letter, 1982, from Sara John to Anna Benson Gyles at the BBC, with the latter's letter, 23 November 1982; two letters from Augustus John, 1929, to Sir Evan Charteris and, 1938, to Charles Kingsley Adams, from the National Portrait Gallery, 27 March 1995; references to letters from Augustus John in the D. S. MacColl manuscripts in a letter from the University of Glasgow, 22 May 1995; letter, 1934, from Augustus John to Philip Hendy, Director of the City Art Gallery, Leeds, with a letter, 23 May 1995, from the Gallery; letter from Augustus John to Hugh Lane, 1914, with a letter, 12 June 1995, from the National Library of Ireland; a list of works by Augustus John at the National Gallery of Ireland, with a letter, 22 June 1995; and a list of Augustus John paintings at the National Gallery of Ireland.

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Preferred citation: 2/15

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vtls004292669

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(WlAbNL)0000292669

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  • Text: 2/15 (7).