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Dr J. P. Hodin, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM

Letter from J.P. Hodin to Ben Nicholson

25 February 1955

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Dr J. P. Hodin
Recipient
Ben Nicholson OM 1894–1982
Title
Letter from J.P. Hodin to Ben Nicholson
Date
25 February 1955
Description
In this letter J.P. Hodin writes of the British Council's unwillingness to advertise in English papers about exhibitions held abroad. Hodin also writes of what he feels to be a 'lack of interest in art matters' in England.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate, 2006. Accrual presented by Annabel Hodin, 2020
Reference
TGA 20062/7/146/1/16

Archive context

  • Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
    • Working papers relating to artistic, cultural and historic figures TGA 20062/7 (106)
      • Ben Nicholson TGA 20062/7/146 (44)
        • Correspondence between J.P. Hodin and Ben Nicholson TGA 20062/7/146/1 (44)
          • Letter from J.P. Hodin to Ben Nicholson TGA 20062/7/146/1/16
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