Robert Adams

Sketchbook

[c.1968–71]

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Created by: Robert Adams 1917–1984
Title: Sketchbook
Date: [c.1968–71]
Description: Ink and graphite on paper, 406 × 254 mm

Blue cover printed 'Winsor and Newton Swift lay-out Series 47'. Contains one slight study for an unrealised sculpture. Also contains a list of reasons, compiled by Robert and Patricia Adams, for and against moving from London to either St Ives or Essex. Inserted into the sketchbook are property details from estate agent James Lanham of land for sale at Lelant, St Ives. On the reverse are details of a chapel at Morvah.
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 8421/1/45

St Ives School London Group Minimalism

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 8421/1/45