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- Robert Adams 1917–1984
- Title
- Sketchbook [Northampton/Paris Studies]
- Date
- [c.1947–9]
- Description
- Graphite and ink on paper, 254 × 204 mm
Grey-green cover printed with 'The Rapid Sketch Book Series 46', Winsor and Newton Ltd. Contains studies of trees and tree stumps, and studies for a series of carved, standing figures in wood with heads and bodies of conical forms. - 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 8421/1/6
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 [Northampton/Paris Studies] TGA 8421/1/6
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