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- Ben Nicholson OM 1894–1982
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Letter from Ben Nicholson to J.P. Hodin
- Date
- [c.February 1959]
- 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 20062/7/146/1/38
Description
In this letter Ben Nicholson returns to commenting on Hodin's article on action painting particularly with regards to J.P. Hodin's usage of the terms 'greatness' and 'humility'. A private view invitation for Nicholson's exhibition at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover is included. Nicholson also adds a P.S about the 'terribly sad...news of Peter' and that he would like to take part in a 'funeral acknowledgement'. This would suggest Nicholson is referring to Peter Lanyon who died in 1964. This p.s. was found attached to other pages of this letter which clearly date from an earlier period [c February 1959].
Archive context
- Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
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- Working papers relating to artistic, cultural and historic figures TGA 20062/7 (106)
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- Ben Nicholson TGA 20062/7/146 (44)
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- Correspondence between J.P. Hodin and Ben Nicholson TGA 20062/7/146/1 (44)
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- Letter from Ben Nicholson to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/7/146/1/38