Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky
[c.1926–51]
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This collection features a series of sketches and artworks by Bernard Meninsky which were donated to Tate by his second wife, Nora. The majority of this collection, which features sketches of landscapes, still-life drawings, portrait and profile view sketches of male and female figures, and sketches of the female form, with annotations by the artist, is now available to view online.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Nora Meninsky
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by the Contemporary Art Society in memory of Cecily Lowenthal, 1997.
- Reference
- TGA 9715
204 objects in this collection
- Title
- Sketches by Bernard Meninsky
- Date
- [c.1926–49]
- Description
- This series includes sketches and studies of portraits and figures, landscapes, costumes, characters and theatre props. Many of the sketches are annotated by the artist and include notes about the drawings, personal thoughts, lists of words, notes in shorthand, and calculations.
- Reference
- TGA 9715/1
Showing 21–40 of 204 objects
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of male face with glasses
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of male face with a beard
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a male and a female face, and a clothed standing female figure
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Bernard Meninsky Study of a male head facing to the right
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a male and a female face
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a walking female nude
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of the back of a female nude leaning forward
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a headless female nude
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of overlapping nude female figures
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of five female nude figures in dance poses
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a standing female nude’s back
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a female figure wearing a cloak and a male figure’s arm
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a clothed woman sitting in front of a large mirror
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a clothed woman holding an unidentified object
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a partially drawn male nude figure kneeling, a male head, and a woman’s skirt and feet
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a reclining woman’s head and left shoulder
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a partially drawn female face
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a woman wearing a coat and hat, and a female nude in a twisted pose
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a woman wearing a cloak, and a female nude leaping
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a female’s head and shoulders
date not known