Box CLX-A-1261
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Collection of typescript and manuscript letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joanne Soroka discussing tapestries
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1261
Identifier: Coll-1665
Scope and Contents
The tapestries referred to were shown at exhibitions, including the ICA in London. The correspondence illustrates the creative process behind some of the very few tapestries Ian Hamilton Finlay had made. The collection is composed of:- 18 x ts letters and 9 x ms letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joanne Soroka discussing tapestries commissioned from Ivory Tapestries by Finlay, and written between 20 September 1989 and 7 September 1997 (one is undated).- 26 x carbon...
Dates:
1988-1997
Letter, 1959, from Alexander Gray to Archibald H. Campbell
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1261
Identifier: Coll-1662
Scope and Contents
The letter, dated 21 May 1959, is to "My dear Archie", Archibald H. Campbell. It accompanied a copy of Selected poems "put together by Maurice Lindsay" in Gray's "pre-Danish Days". The letter also refers to a copy of Sir Halewyn, and to various of his "signature tunes".
Dates:
1959
Illuminated manuscript by Charles Oppenheimer (1875-1961) of 'The Eve of Saint Agnes' by John Keats
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1261
Identifier: Coll-1666
Scope and Contents
1901 work in the form of an illuminated manuscript of the poem The Eve of Saint Agnes, by John Keats. The bound volume is of fourteen pages of vellum.
Work demonstrates Oppenheimer's craftsmanship and skill and improving drawing. It is not known whether the item was a commission, an academic exercise or business sample.
Dates:
1901