Barbara Ker-Seymer

Photograph album

September 1935–8

Barbara Ker-Seymer, ‘Page 12’ September 1935–8 — © The estate of Barbara Ker-Seymer

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Created by: Barbara Ker-Seymer 1905–1993
Title: Photograph album
Date: September 1935–8
Description: Album holds photographs of Barbara Ker-Seymer, her friends and noteable people from the period.
Format: Bound volume - photograph album
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Barbara Ker-Seymer's partner Barbara Roett (born 1927) in 1997.
Reference: TGA 974/5/5

Bloomsbury British Surrealism Dada Impressionism Post-impressionism Purism Seven and Five Society Surrealism Symbolism Unit One Vorticism

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