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Postcard from John Banting to Humphrey Spender

John Banting, recipient: John Humphrey Spender

Postcard from John Banting to Humphrey Spender

[1 December 1938]

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Created by: John Banting 1902–1971
Recipient: John Humphrey Spender 1910–2005
Title: Postcard from John Banting to Humphrey Spender
Date: [1 December 1938]
Description: This postcard is also an invitation card for and exhibition of John Banting's recent works, [at the Storran Gallery, see TGA 779/5/58, as wells as TGA 9717/1/11 in this series] with printed text of a poem by Banting on one side.
In handwriting using multiple colours of ink, Banting asks Humphrey Spender if he can come to 'the Caledonian' [market] some time on Friday, and also asking Spender to look out for any African beadwork on sale there.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: This collection was presented to the Tate Archive by Humphrey Spender in 1997.
Reference: TGA 9717/1/12

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Letters, drawings and a sketchbook from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717 (36)
- Correspondence, loose sketches and proof prints from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717/1 (35)
- - Postcard from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717/1/12