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Ref NoDM1843/57
TitleEunice Frost Papers Box 57
DescriptionEunice Frost Papers
Correspondence between Eunice Frost and John Walker concerning 'Paintings from America' [Planning, Design and Art series, E39], 1946-1954, with page, cover and illustration proofs.

Correspondence concerning a series on Mexican painters, including correspondence from Eunice Frost while she was visiting the USA, 1946-1951.

Correspondence concerning Australian painters, including a proposed book on William Dobell, 1946-1951.

Correspondence concerning Latin American painters [Jean Charlot for Orozco, Lincoln Kirstein for Siquieros, Walter Pach for Rivera], Inez Amor, V.W. and Alfred Barr, of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946-1947.

Correspondence with Alfred Barr concerning general art topics, 1945-1948.

Correspondence and proofs relating to Penguin Modern Painters, including a potential one on Eugene Berman, 1947-1949.

Original artwork, possibly roundels for Penguin Classics or Penguin Illustrated Classics.

Correspondence concerning Dr Guy Perez Cisneros' volume on Cuban painters, 1946.

Correspondence with Douglas Cooper concerning a proposed book on the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, including proofs of Portinari's artwork, 1946-1947.

Exposición de Pintura Cubana Moderna, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1946.

Correspondence concerning the Uruguayan painter Pedro Figari.

Letters from Nevill Coghill, Exeter College, Oxford to Eunice Frost concerning the introduction to 'The Canterbury Tales', 1951 [Penguin Classics L22].

Correspondence with W.S. Rusk concerning his study of American architecture in its human environment, 1946.

'Penguins Progress': original artwork by Patricia Morriss (Patricia Stapenhorst), David Knight, and George A. Oliver, 1948/1949. Mock-up of cover design for 'Penguins Progress' no.5 with a drawing of Scrooge by George Cruikshank; letter from R.B. Fishenden to Eunice Frost informing her that 'Penguins Progress' no.13 is editorially the best of a fine series, 3 May 1951; proof of 'Penguins Progress' no.14.

Correspondence concerning a proposed Penguin Modern Painters volume by David Sylvester entitled Drawings for Paintings, 1953-1954.

'A British Film Studio at Work' by Roger Manvell. Reprinted from Britain To-day, no.115, November 1945.

Typescript: 'Pedro Figari' by Giselda Zani.

Typescript: 'Celebrating the Arts' by W.E. Williams.

Typescript: 'The English Scene' by Geoffrey Grigson.

Manuscript: 'Festival Art' by Eric Newton.

Typescript: 'The Artist at Work' by Alfred Scharf.

Exhibition catalogue for 'British Landscapes, portraits and conversation pieces' in aid of The Commandos' Benevolent Fund, December 1945.

Galley proofs of 'Penguins: a retrospective'
Date1945-1954
FormatManuscript
Extent1 box
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