Correspondence between Oliver F. Brown, Director, Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd, Leicester Galleries, London, and Margaret Nash.

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  • Reference
      GB 70 TGA 7050/2557-2568
  • Dates of Creation
      1947 - 1949
  • Physical Description
      13 pieces

Scope and Content

Letters concern Margaret's gift of the booklet 'Aerial Flowers' to Oliver (TGA 7050/2557); Margaret's purchase of Nash's watercolour 'Lake in a Wood' from the Michael Sadler collection at the Leicester Galleries, and the arrangement to pay for it with the Nash painting 'Lonely Tree' (TGA 7050/2558-60, 2562-67); the history behind the Nash painting 'Tamarisk' and its sale to Princess Elizabeth (TGA 7050/2561-65); and Margaret's request of placing the young artist Derek Tiltson's painting 'Tree Fetish' into the Leicester Gallery (TGA 7050/2568). Also discussed the sale of the brochure 'Aerial Flowers' and the Paul Nash Memorial Volume in the Leicester Gallery (TGA 7050/2559-60, 2564-65 respectively).

Related Material

Further correspondence between Margaret Nash and Oliver F. Brown (TGA 7050/ 2569-2735).

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