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Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky

[c.1926–51]

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

  • Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky

    204 Objects

    • Sketches by Bernard Meninsky

      204 Objects

Title
Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky
Date
[c.1926–51]
Description
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.
Reference
TGA 9715

Showing 101–120 of 204 objects

Sketch of the back of a robed female figure in movement

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female figure wearing a robe

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Four pages from a sketchbook containing untitled sketches of female nudes

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of the back of a female nude drawn from the shoulders down

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female nude with head leaning to the right

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female nude with head leaning to the left

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a female nude with one arm raised over her head

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female nude

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a female nude drawn from shoulders to thighs

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a female nude with hands her cradling her face

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of the back of a standing female nude

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketches of two female nudes

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female nude

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a standing female nude with one leg bent and raised

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a sitting female nude in a twisted pose

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of the back of a standing female nude leaning forward

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of the back of a standing female nude drawn from the middle of the back down to the ankles

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of a female nude lying down with legs apart

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketches of a female nude lying on her back, and a standing female nude figure drawn over an animal figure

Bernard Meninsky
date not known

Sketch of the back of a sitting female nude

Bernard Meninsky
date not known
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