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- Josef Herman 1911–2000
- Title
- Study for ‘South Wales’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)
- Date
- [c.1951]
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 180 x 232 mm
- Description
- Inscribed 'This was a study for the large painting I did in 1951 for the Arts Council Exhibition '60 Paintings'. The painting was called 'South Wales'. It was destroyed by the rain coming into the studio while I was abroad. Two fragments were saved. The right hand Miner, at present in the Port Elizabeth Museum, S.Africa and the 'Mother and Child' at present in a private coll in Canada'.
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to the Archive by Josef Herman, March 1983.
- Reference
- TGA 835/106
Archive context
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