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- John Banting 1902–1971
- Recipient
- John Humphrey Spender 1910–2005
- Title
- Charcoal drawing with letter written on the drawing from John Banting to Humphrey Spender
- Date
- [c.1930s]
- Medium
- Ink and charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 416 x 285 mm
- Description
- This drawing is composed from abstract shapes mostly made by moving the long side of a piece of charcoal or graphite over the surface of the paper in swirly, circular, or angular movements. The writing, using pink ink, is mainly confined to areas of blank paper in between the charcoal shapes. It is sent from '33 Roehampton' [Banting's address in the 1930s] and in it Banting suggests that Humphrey Spender makes some pictures of Marianne Oswald.
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- This collection was presented to the Tate Archive by Humphrey Spender in 1997.
- Reference
- TGA 9717/1/17
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