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Arthur Lett-Haines

1894–1978

Powers in Atrophe 1922
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Biography

Arthur Lett-Haines (2 November 1894 – 25 February 1978), known as Lett Haines, was a British painter and sculptor who experimented in many different media, though he generally characterised himself as "an English surrealist". He was part of a London artistic circle, which included D. H. Lawrence, the Sitwells and Wyndham Lewis, but for most of his life lived with the painter and gardener Cedric Morris in Cornwall, Paris and finally Suffolk.

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Artworks

  • The Dark Horse

    Arthur Lett-Haines
    1934
  • Powers in Atrophe

    Arthur Lett-Haines
    1922

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  • Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines

    Sir Cedric Morris, Bt, recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines
    [24 April 1925]
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  • Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines

    Sir Cedric Morris, Bt, recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines
    2 February 1956
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  • Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines

    Sir Cedric Morris, Bt, recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines
    [28 January 1970]
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  • Letter from Arthur Lett-Haines to Cedric Morris

    Sir Cedric Morris, Bt, recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines
    1 June 1925
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