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Ben Nicholson papers

1903–82

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Available to view online are a selection of items from the personal papers of Ben Nicholson including writings, correspondence and photographs. The manuscripts that have been selected have been written by Nicholson over a large time frame, spanning from the mid 1930s to the early 1980s and cover Nicholson's thoughts on his own art and other artists. The digitised correspondence is between Nicholson and his father, William Nicholson. Furthermore there is a selection of photographs of Ben Nicholson with his friends and family together they provide an insight into his relationship with his father and with his family.

Also available online is correspondence from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson.

Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Ben Nicholson OM 1894–1982
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased by the Tate Archive from Ben Nicholson's executors in 1987.
Reference
TGA 8717

233 objects in this collection

  • Ben Nicholson papers

    233 Objects

    • Correspondence

      79 Objects

    • Writings and documentation on and by Ben Nicholson

      32 Objects

      • Writings by Ben Nicholson

        32 Objects

    • Photographs

      122 Objects

Title
Writings by Ben Nicholson
Date
1934–79
Reference
TGA 8717/3/1

Showing 21–32 of 32 objects

Drafts for an article on Herbert Read by Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson OM
August–November 1968
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Drafts for an article with the heading, ‘Apropos letter to Charles H.’

Ben Nicholson OM
September 1968
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Copy of a typescript with the heading ‘Frances Hodgkins’

Ben Nicholson OM
c.1969
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Rough notes listing works featured in exhibition catalogues

Ben Nicholson OM
date not known
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Copy of extracts from letters sent to Norman Reid, Ronald Alley and ‘BR’

Ben Nicholson OM
21 October 1956–4 December 1968
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Copy of typescript and related notes with the heading, ‘Notes by John Russell on BN replies’

Ben Nicholson OM, John Russell
date not known
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Handwritten copy of Ben Nicholson’s replies to questions from John Russell

Ben Nicholson OM
[1969]
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Rough handwritten notes about art in connection with architecture

Ben Nicholson OM
c.1955
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Handwritten document with the heading, ‘Winifred Nicholson’

Ben Nicholson OM
date not known
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Typed document with the heading, ‘Adrian Stokes’

Ben Nicholson OM
c.1972
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Typed document with the heading, ‘Ben Nicholson - Some comments about the framing of my work’

Ben Nicholson OM
28 June 1979–81
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List of photographs of MN [Mabel Nicholson’s] paintings

Ben Nicholson OM
date not known
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