Bernard Meninsky

Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council

[1948]

Created by: Bernard Meninsky 1891–1950
Title: Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council
Date: [1948]
Description: These are typed notes with annotations detailing the slides used for Meninsky's talk on drawing given at an Arts Council exhibition in 1948. Also included is a compliments slip from the Arts Council.
Format: Document - writings
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Nora Meninsky in 1982.
Reference: TGA 8225/3/1/5

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Personal and financial papers; artworks; writings; correspondence; photographs; publications; and press cuttings relating to Bernard Meninsky and his second wife, Nora (née Barczinsky) TGA 8225 (42)

Writings TGA 8225/3 (5)

Manuscripts, typescripts and published material relating to 'The Art of Drawing' lecture given by Bernard Meninsky TGA 8225/3/1 (3)

Slide plans for Meninsky's talk at the Arts Council TGA 8225/3/1/5

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Bernard Meninsky

Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council

[1948]

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