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2012.103 - 2012.103 - Collection - 14 boxes and 1 outsize folder
- G - 2012.103/G - Series - 38 files
  - 2 - 2012.103/G/2 - SubSeries - 13 files

Ref No	2012.103/G/2/9
Level	File
Extent	14 items
Title	Professional Correspondence of Trevor Tennant: T-V
Date	1959-1961
Description	Letters originally filed under 'T-V' by Tennant. The file comprises letters to Tennant regarding his figurative sculpture 'Magda' commissioned by the architects Easton and Robertson for King's College Library, Newcastle. Includes correspondence regarding the design, fees and insurance for the commission. Also includes a copy letter from the rector to the architects remarking that 'I have met no one who really likes the maquette….the few who understand modern movements in sculpture find the maquette an unsatisfactory compromise having a Henry Moore head and Assyrian feet'.
Related Material	See 2012.103/F/7 for photographs of the commissioned work; and 2012.103/I/3/12 for a press cutting from 'The Times', 1960 related to commission.

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