Correspondence between Margaret Nash and the Arts Council, including Philip James, Director of Art, his secretary Barbara Woodcock and Gabriel White, Assistant Art Director. The letters concern arranging and selecting for an exhibition of Paul Nash's photographs at the Arts Council entitled 'Paul Nash's Camera', with enlargements made by Kodak. Topics include the Faber and Faber book 'A Fertile Image' on the same theme (TGA 7050.1757, 1776 and 1785), the catalogue (TGA 7050.1768, 1774, 1776 and 1787), the title of the exhibition (TGA 7050.1776, 1783, 1785 and 1787-8), inviting HM The Queen or Princess Elizabeth to the private view (TGA 7050.1773-4 and 1776) private view cards (TGA 7050.1787 and 1789), and the return of 'Northern Adventure' and 'Eclipse of the Sunflower' (TGA 7050.1770-71). Also includes lists of photographs for the exhibition (TGA 7050.1764, 1772-3 and 1776) and a note of hiring fees for 'Northern Adventure' and 'Eclipse of the Sunflower' (TGA 7050.1784). Other paintings and photographs mentioned include 'Night Tide' (TGA 7050.1764, 1771, 1781 and 1785), 'Laocoèon' (TGA 7050.1764, 1777, 1781, 1787), 'Landscape from a Dream' (TGA 7050.1764, 1777) 'The Landscape of the Megaliths' (TGA 7050.1764, 1785), 'The Monster Field' (TGA 7050.1764, 1777 and 1780), 'Maiden Castle' (TGA 7050.1764, 1775, 1777), 'Totems' (TGA 7050.1764 and 1777), 'The Voyage of the Fungus' (TGA 7050.1764, 1777, 1782-3), 'Empty Rooms' (TGA 7050 1764 and 1780-81), 'Step Edge' (TGA 7050.1764 and 1785), 'Marsh Personage' (TGA 7050.1764, 1780-81, 1785 and 1787-8), 'Fleur du Mal', 'Flowering Stones', 'Ditch' and 'Garden Path' (TGA 7050.1764), 'Mansions of the Dead', 'Spanish Dreams' and 'The Three Rooms' (TGA 7050.1783) and 'Stone Wall' (TGA 7050.1785). TGA 7050.1759, 1762, 1778 and 1788 include notes by Margaret Nash.
Correspondence between Margaret Nash and the Arts Council, including Philip James, Director of Art, his secretary Barbara Woodcock and Gabriel White, Assistant Art Director.
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- Reference
- GB 70 TGA 7050/1757-1789
- Dates of Creation
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 36 pieces