File A1/3/2 - Personal correspondence

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A1/3/2

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Personal correspondence

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  • [1972]-1979 (Creation)

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(1911-1999)

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Personal correspondence, [1972]-1979, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred and Mary Janes, with replies and drafts of replies, relating to portrait commissions and sales, shipping of works, personal & family matters, Croydon College of Art, and Dylan Thomas. Correspondents include Stuart and Nicola Denyer; Professor John Parry, Harvard; Joyce Parry; Kate Parry; Colin Edwards; Ross Janes; Isabel Alonso; Charles Fisher; W. H. Hofmann & Co.; Michael & Carol [Fleming]; Barbara Evans; Take Okada; Marjorie [Watkins]; Alfred Brandt; Peter Siegel; John Evans; Gianni [Gianmarco Bernadini]; Margaret West; A. M. Atkinson (Croydon Art Society); Ellen Edwards; D. G. Banwell (Dulwich College); Arthur W. Martin; P. Phillips (Croydon College of Art); Eno Falutti & others; Jonathan Attwood; Mervyn Levy; Lilian Whitehead; Denis O’Sullivan; Polly Crabtree (Artists in Schools Directory); Paul Ferris (The Observer); Bob Warner; Roland Mathias (The Anglo-Welsh Review); Bruno Garbato; Richard E. Kent; Peter [Schurr]; Margaret Ellis (Swansea Art Society); Paul Clough (Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge); Elizabeth Parry; Robin & Enid [H. Jones]; J. A. Sandover (Papua New Guinea University of Technology); Glenys & John [Evans]; Tom Jones; Olive Davison; Dan [Daniel Jones]; Hilly Janes; Kirstine [Dunthorne] (Welsh Arts Council); R. S. Thomas (University College Swansea); J. Bullingham (University College Swansea); E. Grey-Turner; and W. Warren, (Royal College of Psychiatrists). Amongst the correspondence are a number of related papers, including invoices for shipping ‘Boys with Crab’, 1978, and for Christie’s auction house, 1979; a Christie’s sale catalogue, ‘English & Continental Pictures & Icons’, 1979; a copy of ‘The Dulwich Villager’ newsletter, 1976; Welsh Arts Council ‘Awards to Artists 1976-77 Notes for Applicants’; invitations, to apply to Welsh Arts Council Editions Alecto Print Scheme 1976-1977 and Welsh Arts Council ‘Aid To Artists’ grants 1976-1977, and Cambridge Art & Design ‘Paintings & Sculpture’ exhibition, 1974; a press cutting, 1975; and a poster for Polytechnic of Central London exhibitions, undated.

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  • Text: Alfred Janes Papers A1/3/2