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- Robert Adams 1917–1984
- Title
- Sketchbook
- Date
- Date not known
- Description
- Graphite, ink, crayonon paper, 444 × 279 mm
Sand-coloured cover printed 'Daler Lay-out Pad'. Pages have been removed (originally 100 page pad). Contains sketches for possible architectural commission; possible studies for 'Rectangle with Holes No.2', 'Vertical Forms No.2', 'Screen with Slats', 'Folding Movement', 'Cylinder', 'Pierced Disc'; sketches and floor plans of a studio/building; studies of leaves, flowers and twigs. - Format
- Bound volume - sketchbook
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs Pat Adams, widow of the artist, and her daughter Mrs Mary Adams Weatherhead, in 1984 and 1990.
- Reference
- TGA 8421/1/44
Archive context
- Personal papers and artworks of Robert Adams TGA 8421 (44)
- Sketchbooks, drawings and records of work by Robert Adams TGA 8421/1 (25)
- Sketchbook TGA 8421/1/44
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