| Description | Penguin Modern Painters Series [MP/0706]:
Correspondence between Kenneth Clark (The National Portrait Gallery), Eunice Frost, artists and authors concerning Modern Painters 1-9, 11-20, including reproductions of portraits of artists used for the books and the selection of artists for the series with attached suggestions from readers. Also includes printed sales accounts for the series.
File of correspondence from Edward Ardizzone (possibly concerning a volume which did not materialise), 1942-1945, transferred from Porpoise Books file, DM 1819/39/2.
MP1: Henry Moore by Geoffrey Grigson - File contains correspondence from Henry Moore concerning his photograph and autograph, corrections to plate captions and reproductions of his works.
MP2: Graham Sutherland by Edward Sackville-West - File contains correspondence from Graham Sutherland concerning his photograph, changes to the book and his opinions on the book's jacket and correspondence from Edward Sackville-West concerning cuts to the book and reproductions of Sutherland's work.
MP3: Duncan Grant by Raymond Mortimer - File contains correspondence from Duncan Grant regarding photographs of his work for the book with attached correspondence from owners of his paintings and his comments on the quality of the plates used in the book.
MP4: Paul Nash by Herbert Read - File contains correspondence from Paul Nash regarding permissions for reproductions of his work with attached letters from owners of his paintings, his photograph for the book and his comments on the colour plates for the book and correspondence from Herbert Read regarding his contract for the book, his copies of the book and corrections to the book.
MP5: Matthew Smith by Philip Hendy - File contains correspondence from Philip Hendy concerning his comments on the colour plates for the book, his contract for the book and corrections to the book's text, correspondence from Matthew Smith regarding his comments on the colour plates for the book and general correspondence regarding permissions for reproductions of paintings.
MP6: John Piper by John Betjeman - File contains correspondence from John Piper regarding prints he loaned for the book's production, his comments on the colour plate, corrections to the book's text, the book's publication date and details on his works to be included in the book, correspondence from John Betjeman regarding the book's proofs (including one letter dated 28/11/42 where he has drawn a penguin after 'Dear'), his contract for the book and corrections to the book's text and general correspondence regarding permissions for reproductions of paintings from owners of John Piper's works.
MP7: Edward Burra by John Rothenstein - File contains correspondence from John Rothenstein regarding the selection of illustrations for the book, his contract for the book, corrections to the book and his orders for copies of the book and correspondence from Edward Burra regarding details of his paintings and comments on the colour plates for the book.
MP8: Victor Pasmore by Clive Bell - File contains 6 letters covering the period 1943-1952. Including 3 letters from Clive Bell to Eunice Frost (26 and 30 January 1943, 5 June 1944) largely concerning his reluctance to change too much of the manuscript, and 1 letter from Victor Pasmore (3 February 1952) regarding his wish for his photograph to not be reproduced on the book's cover.
MP9: Edward Bawden by JM Richards - File contains correspondence from owners of Bawden's works regarding permissions and arrangements for reproductions, correspondence from JM Richards regarding plans for illustrations to be included in the book and corrections to the book and correspondence from Edward Bawden regarding the book's publication date, corrections to captions, a list of people to send the book to, his comments on reproductions of his works made for the book, photographs of himself and his works for the book and corrections to the book's text.
MP11: Ben Shahn by James Thrall Soby - File contains correspondence between Penguin Books Ltd. (UK) and Penguin Books Inc. (America) regarding details of the engravings of Shahn's work made for the series, the cover and typography design for the book (with some comments from Alfred Barr, the Museum of Modern Art), the sale of the book to Penguin's American branch and corrections to the captions and correspondence from James Thrall Soby regarding his payment for the book.
MP12: William Nicholson by Robert Nichols - File contains correspondence from Marguerite Steen (William Nicholson's partner) regarding a signed copy of the book, Nicholson's photograph for the book and corrections to the book and correspondence from owners of William Nicholson's paintings regarding arrangements for reproductions.
Correspondence concerning Modern Painters series MP1-MP9, MP11-MP20. Correspondents for Boxes 31-32 include P. Adam, Colin Anderson, Edward Ardizzone [possibly concerning a volume about Ardizzone that did not materialize], Alfred H. Barr junior, Edward Le Bas, Charlotte Bawden, Edward Bawden, Clive Bell, Anthony Bertram, John Betjeman, Rolf Burgi, Edward Burra, Charles Clark, Kenneth Clark, Douglas Cooper (concerning a proposed book on Picasso, MP18, that never materialized), Lord Cranbrook, Cicely Dalton, Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Myfanwy Evans [Myfanwy Piper], C.E.J. Evershed, Eunice Frost, Isabel Fry, Ian Gibson-Smith, Martyn Goff, Lloyd Goodrich, Duncan Grant, Milligan Grundy, Philip Hendy, Ivon Hitchens, Frances Hodgkins, Mary Hutchinson, Robin Ironside, David Jones, Charles Kearley, Margaret King, Edward Marsh, Francis Meynell, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, John Piper, V.S. Pritchett, Herbert Read, J.M. Richards, John Richardson, Osborne Robinson, John Rothenstein, Kenneth Rowntree, Edward Sackville-West, Michael Sadler, James Thrall Soby, Gilbert Spencer, Marguerite Steen, John Summerson, Helen Sutherland, Katharine Sutherland, Graham Sutherland, Allan Walton, and Victor Weybright. |