- Created by
- Marie Seton 1910–1985
- Recipients
-
Ronald Moody 1900–1984
Helene Moody 1902–1978 - Title
- Letter from Marie Seton to Ronald and Helene Moody, addressed from Bombay
- Date
- 7 May 1956
- Description
- In this letter Marie Seton mentions a trip to England in June. She describes her difficulty in getting to know the inner workings of Indian society and gives her thoughts on visual arts in India, particularly sculpture, and widespread presence of erotic sculpture in Hindu temples She describes a visit to Belur and Halebid and reflects on the paradoxes within Indian culture in many spheres of life.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by Cynthia Moody, the sculptor's niece, 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 956/1/2/58/22
Archive context
- Papers of Ronald Moody TGA 956 (248)
- Correspondence TGA 956/1 (84)
- Correspondence with friends TGA 956/1/2 (84)
- Letters from Marie Seton TGA 956/1/2/58 (71)
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