Reference Number2012.103/G/1/1
LevelFile
Extent50 items
TitleAnnan's correspondence related to galleries
Date1944-1978
DescriptionOriginal file of letters held in a manila folder marked 'galleries' by Annan. The file predominantly contains letters from galleries inviting her to exhibit her work. Galleries and exhibitions represented in the file include: City of Bradford Art Gallery and Museums (/3, /11, /13-14); the director of the City of Salford Art Gallery, Museum and Central Library asking for photographs of 'Leamington Life' for a lecture on 'The Artist and the War' (/4-5); The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts wishing to exhibit 'The Parade, Leamington Spa' at their exhibition (/6); The Leicester Galleries (/7,9); 'Art for the People' exhibitions organised by the British Institute of Adult Education (/8, 10); Brighton Art Gallery and Museum (/12); Leicester City Council in relation to the purchase of 'The Juggler' (/17); the Art Exhibitions Bureau (/18); The University of Montevideo, Uruguay, including a reply from Annan written in [Tennant's?] hand (/19-21; /25-28); 'Art in Craftsmanship' travelling exhibition sponsored by the Smithsonian highlighting British craftsmanship, including a reply by Annan written in [Tennant's?] hand expressing her 'astonishment and resentment' at the way in which she had been treated (/24 & /29); City of Coventry Libraries, Art Gallery and Museums Department (/30-32); S.E.A Pictures for Schools Exhibition, London, 1961 (/33-34); La Galerie Mouffe (/35-45; /48); Ente Fiera Di Vicenza (/46-47); the 'Artificial Light' exhibition at Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic (/49); and a receipt from L.C.C for an oil painting 'The Cock'. The file also includes letters from Clifford Ellis of the Bath Academy of Art inviting Annan to deliver six weekly lectures during October and November 1948 at the cost of two guineas for each lecture (/15-16).
NotesThe letters from the University of Montevideo, Uruguay include copies written in both Spanish and English
Related MaterialSee 2012.103/C/2/1 for photographs of Annan's paintings; 2012.103/H for various exhibition catalogues featuring Annan's work; 2012.103/I/3/7 for press cuttings related to Annan’s solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries, London, 1945; and 2012.103/I/3/9 for a copy of 'Royal Academy Illustrated 1948', London 1948 featuring 'Susan's Supper'.
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