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- Tate Archive, Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms, Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG, England, United Kingdom
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- Archival and Other Holdings
- The Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms house not only Tate Archive’s 1,000+ collections documenting fine art practice in the UK, but also Tate’s institutional records and Tate Library’s 300,000+ publications mirroring the collecting remit of Tate.
- Tate Archive contains a wealth of material on artists, art world figures and art organisations in Britain from 1900 to the present day. We have over one million items including letters, writings, sketchbooks, artworks, audio-visual material, photographs, printed ephemera, and press cuttings.
List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- The archives of Helen Anrep and Roger Fry, including the papers and drawings of the mosaicist, Boris Anrep
- The papers of Robert Medley
- The papers of Walter Sickert
- The Printmaking Archive of Naum Gabo
- The Records of the Artist Placement Group (APG)
- The Records of the New English Art Club
- Additional papers of Robert Medley
- Administrative records of the London Group
- Album of engravings, press cuttings and correspondence by or relating to Turner, inscribed 'Original Manuscripts and Letters of J. M. W. Turner'
- Articles, notes and lectures by Kenneth Martin
- 'Artists and Photographs'
- Barbara Hepworth's sculpture records comprising photographs and notes compiled under the sculptor's supervision
- Business papers and press cuttings relating to the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
- Business papers of the 7 & 5 Society
- Collection of photographs, drawings and correspondence relating to Peter Peri
- Correspondence and drawings between John Fothergill and friends
- Correspondence and other papers relating to Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and others
- Correspondence and papers of Paul Nash and his wife Margaret
- Correspondence concerning Simon Bussy and artwork by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell
- Correspondence concerning the disputes between Ian Hamilton Finlay and the Fulrum and Coracle Presses
- Correspondence from Dora Carrington to Margaret Waley. Robert Waley and Ralph Partridge and eleven photographs of Carrington
- Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Stuart and Rosemary Mills, 1971-1979, three typescripts submitted to Stuart Mills as editor of 'Tarasque Magazine', 44 photographs taken by Stuart Mills c1969 of Ian Hamilton Finlay's house and garden at Stonypath, Lanark, and two typed sheets of questions which accompanied Finlay's poem 'Arcady'
- Correspondence of Sir Henry Tate
- Correspondence to Paul Nash from Edward Burra and Alexander Calder
- Correspondence, biographical notes and printed leaflets collected by Alfred Yockney
- Correspondence, diaries and writings of Eileen Agar and her husband Joseph Bard
- Correspondence, notes and press-cuttings relating to Alfred Stevens and in particular to the controversy about the completion of the Wellington Memorial in St Paul's Cathedral
- Correspondence, papers, picture registers, printed material and press cuttings on the Irish painter Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
- Correspondence, photographs and press cuttings relating to Lily Delissa Joseph
- Correspondence, press cuttings and poems by or about Merlyn Evans
- Correspondence, writings, papers, photographs, printed material, and press cuttings of the English painter David Garshen Bomberg (1890-1957) and his second wife Lilian Bomberg, née Holt (1898-1983)
- Documentation of pioneering Conceptual art works by British artists
- Drawings and watercolours by Josef Herman
- Drawings, gouaches and watercolours by Frances Hodgkins
- Eight letters from the artist Sir William Rothenstein to the artist Lady Edna Clarke Hall, née Waugh (1879-1979)
- File of material relating to Kurt Schwitters
- Five photographs of Arthur Hughes (1832 - 1915) and his daughters taken in 1863 by Charles Dodgson
- Interviews, publicity material and reports concerning the group Action Space
- Letters and papers by or relating to the painter and illustrator Arthur Hughes (1832-1915).
- Letters from the artist, Albert Rutherston (formally known as Albert Rothenstein) to Mary Dowdall, with pen-and-ink drawings by Rutherston
- Letters to the art historian Mary Chamot (1899-1993) on her monograph 'Modern Painting in England' (1937) and for an unpublished book on British artists.
- Letters, papers and artworks of the painter and draughtsman William Mulready (1786-1863)
- Letters, papers, artworks, photographs and press cuttings on the painter (John) Christopher Wood
- Letters, papers, artworks, photographs and press cuttings on the painter and designer Alfred Wolmark
- Letters, photographs, printed material and press cuttings on the Scottish painter William Ewart Lockhart (1846-1900)
- Manuscripts and typescripts by Vanessa Bell and correspondence to and from Duncan Grant
- Material (mostly photocopied correspondence with artwork, printed ephemera and photographs) relating to Dora Carrington compiled by her brother, Noel Carrington and by her friend, David Garnett as source material for their respective publications (see citations below).
- Miscellaneous papers of Paul Nash
- Notebooks, an address book and annotated dictionary belonging to Alfred Yockney
- Notes, publicity material, transcripts, and artwork by or about Martin Bloch
- Papers and drawings of Tom Phillips
- Papers collected by Bernard Falk for a book on Turner
- Papers of Barbara Reise
- Papers of Cecil and Elisabeth Collins
- Papers of Charles Harrison
- Papers of Edward Burra
- Papers of Francis Howard, painter, art critic and gallery director
- Papers of George Charles Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Tate Trustee (1934-1941)
- Papers of George Edward Wade
- Papers of John and Myfanwy Piper
- Papers of Kenneth Clark
- Papers of Peter Startup
- Papers of the Artists International Association
- Papers of the painter and sculptress Dame Ethel Walker and the painter Grace English
- Papers of the photographer Barbara Marcia Ker-Seymer
- Papers on the English residence of the Dutch Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh
- Papers relating to the 'Studio International' special edition on Ben Nicholson, June 1969
- Papers relating to the life and work of Simon Bussy
- Personal and professional papers of Jacques Lipchitz
- Personal papers and artwork of Algernon Newton
- Personal papers and artwork of Alan Durst
- Personal papers of Duncan Grant
- Personal papers of Kenneth Armitage
- Photocopied correspondence from or concerning Christopher 'Kit' Wood, and eleven photographs of his paintings
- Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell
- Photograph albums of sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi
- Press cutting albums about the New English Art Club
- Press cuttings on the painter Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946)
- Records of the British Council Visual Arts Department
- Records of the Hanover Gallery
- Research papers of Roger Berthoud relating to his biography of Graham Sutherland
- Scrap albums of the Goupil Gallery
- Scrapbooks, press cuttings books, artworks and photographs of the painter and print-maker Julian Otto Trevelyan (1910-1988)
- Seven linocut blocks by the artist John Banting (1902-72)
- Seventy five drawings and sketchbooks by James Boswell
- Sketchbook by Stanley Spencer
- Studies and sketches for 'Making It' (T03783) by Julian Opie
- Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942
- Writings, artwork, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to Paul Nash.