Miscellaneous papers relating to Vertès,, 1953-1990
Includes
(fols. 1- 53) notes by Gillian on Vertès and herself, with a few postcard views of places where they stayed, hotel brochures, and cuttings (all formerly inserted by Gillian Sutro in the series of letters from Vertès), covering c.1940-1961, and including (fols. 16-17) photocopy and transcript of long holograph dedication to Vertès by Georges Simenon, 1956
(fols. 54-164) other notes by her on Vertès, with
- (fol. 163a) note by Gillian, removed from the MS. Eng. b. 2132
- (fol. 163b) photocopy of holograph preface by Paul Morand to André Salmon, Marcel Vertès (Paris, 1950)
- (fols. 164b-c) incomplete list of exhibitions by Vertès, and of books illustrated by him
(fols. 165-77) cuttings, including some obituaries, 1961-77
(fols. 178-205) catalogues of exhibitions by Vertès, 1953-63 (see also MS. Eng. c. 7244, fols. 25-30)
(fols. 206-16) photocopies of drawings, the location of the originals not known
- (fols. 206-15) by Vertès, with (fols. 212v., 213r) draft of a letter from Gillian to Alec and Merula Guinness, n.d.
- (fol. 216) portrait of Vertès by Jean Oberlé, probably the one reproduced in André Salmon, Marcel Vertès (Paris, 1950)
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1990
Extent
229 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7243
Separated Materials
Photographs removed from the correspondence are MS. Photogr. c. 191, fols. 81-94
Repository Details
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