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The Henry Moore Institute houses and maintains the Leeds Museums & Galleries Archive of Sculptors' Papers. It covers the eighteenth century to the present day with a particular emphasis on the twentieth century and contains a diverse range of papers relating to British sculptural practice. The Archive includes personal papers of sculptors, correspondence, diaries, photographs, casting ledgers, sketchbooks and drawings, press-cuttings and printed ephemera.
This is a list of the main collections in the Archive.
ARMSTEAD, Henry Hugh (1828-1905)
Drawing and photographs showing a cross-section of his work.
BAYES, Gilbert (1872-1953)
Photographs. scrapbooks and drawings.
BELSKY, Franta (1921-2000)
Photographs and papers.
BODEN, Neville (1929-1996)
Photographs, drawings and sketchbooks.
BRADSHAW, Laurence Henderson (1899-1978)
Correspondence, accounts, drawings, photographs, newspaper cuttings.
CAWTHRA, (Joseph) Hermon (1886-1971)
Photographs, designs for Selfridges and press cuttings.
CLARKE, Geoffrey (b.1924)
Dissertation for the Royal College of Art, 1952.
COX, Stephen Joseph (b.1946) Sketchbooks and drawings.
CRIBB, Joseph Herbert (1892-1967)
50 letters from Eric Gill to Joseph Cribb. The correspondence mainly concerns commissions for lettering and sculpture.
DAVEY, Grenville (b.1961)
35 drawings
DOBSON, Frank Owen (1887-1963)
Correspondence, speeches, notes, photographs and press cuttings.
EDE, H.S. (1885-1990)
Manuscript for his book 'Life of Gaudier-Brzeska', 1929, including drawings and prints by Gaudier-Brzeska.
EPSTEIN, Jacob (1880-1959)
Correspondence, sketchbooks, photographs.
FLEISCHMAN, Arthur (1896-1990)
Photographs and press cuttings relating to his Festival of Britain commission.
FRAMPTON, George (1860-1928)
Photographs of his work.
FULLARD, George (1923-1973)
Drawings, sketchbooks, a notebook and photographs.
GALIZIA AND SON LTD FINE ART BRONZE FOUNDRY
Casting ledgers 1930-1965, foundry photographs.
GAUDIER-BRZESKA, Henri (1891-1915)
See EDE, H.S.
GILBERT, Alfred (1845-1934)
56 letters to his patron, Douglas Illingworth
GILL, Eric (1882-1940)
Photographs; see Cribb for letters from Gill to Joseph Cribb.
GUNNIS, Rupert (1899-1965)
Research notes for 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851'.
HERMES, Gertrude (1901-1983)
Photographs, press-cuttings and articles and 6 letters.
HOSKIN, John (1921-1990).
Correspondence, sketches, prints, architectural drawings, photographs and printed ephemera.
KIDNER, Michael (b.1917)
20 preparatory drawings and photographs from his columns and lattice series.
KLOMAN, Anthony Joseph Trapnell (1904-1993)
Minutes, reports and letters about the 'Unknown Political Prisoner' Competition, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Art, 1951-53.
KOENIG, Ghisha (1921-1993)
20 sketchbooks.
LEDWARD, Gilbert (1888-1960)
Photocopied autobiography, drawings, source photographs.
LUCAS, Richard Cockle (1800-1883)
Drawings and engravings.
MARSHALL, William Calder (1813-1894)
Album of photographs, account book.
MEYRICK, George (b.1953)
20 sketches for 'Untitled (Terracotta)', 1984.
MONCHAUX, Cathy de (b.1960)
7 preparatory drawings.
MOORE, Henry (1898-1986)
The main Moore archive is held by the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green; some letters and lecture notes are in the Henry Moore Institute Archive.
NASH, David (b.1945)
Correspondence, sketchbook, drawings, photographs for an exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland, 1990-92.
NEAGU, Paul (b.1938)
24 drawings.
PERI, Peter (Lazslo) (1899-1967)
Drawings and photographs.
REA, Betty (1904-1965)
Letters, exhibition catalogues and photographs.
ROPE, Ellen Mary (1855-1934)
Photographs.
SCHOTTLANDER, Bernard (1924-1999)
Drawings and photographs.
SHERIDAN, Clare Consuelo (1885-1970)
56 letters to Jane Holder.
THORNYCROFT, Hamo (1850-1925)
Correspondence, journals, diaries, drawings, photographs, sketchbooks, lecture notes and printed ephemera.
THORNYCROFT, Thomas (1815-1885)
Letters and legal documents.
UNDERWOOD, Leon (1890-1975)
Papers including lecture notes.
WESTMACOTT Family papers
Sketchbooks and papers.
WHEELER, Charles Thomas (1892-1974)
Letters, speeches, photographs and press cuttings.
WOODROW, Bill (b.1948)
15 drawings and 29 photographs relating to projects in Japan.
WOOLNER, Thomas (1825-1892)
2 diaries and photographs.
WRIGHT, Austin (1911-1997)
Drawings, sketchbooks, photographs and accounts.
A few small holdings representing the practices of stone masonry including James Forsyth (1826-1910), Nathaniel Hitch (1846-1938), J.T. Poole (1836-[?]), James Sherwood Westmacott (1823-1888), John Wilby & Son (c1930s), Henry Wood (of Bristol) (working between 1801-1830).
This is a list of the main collections in the Archive.
ARMSTEAD, Henry Hugh (1828-1905)
Drawing and photographs showing a cross-section of his work.
BAYES, Gilbert (1872-1953)
Photographs. scrapbooks and drawings.
BELSKY, Franta (1921-2000)
Photographs and papers.
BODEN, Neville (1929-1996)
Photographs, drawings and sketchbooks.
BRADSHAW, Laurence Henderson (1899-1978)
Correspondence, accounts, drawings, photographs, newspaper cuttings.
CAWTHRA, (Joseph) Hermon (1886-1971)
Photographs, designs for Selfridges and press cuttings.
CLARKE, Geoffrey (b.1924)
Dissertation for the Royal College of Art, 1952.
COX, Stephen Joseph (b.1946) Sketchbooks and drawings.
CRIBB, Joseph Herbert (1892-1967)
50 letters from Eric Gill to Joseph Cribb. The correspondence mainly concerns commissions for lettering and sculpture.
DAVEY, Grenville (b.1961)
35 drawings
DOBSON, Frank Owen (1887-1963)
Correspondence, speeches, notes, photographs and press cuttings.
EDE, H.S. (1885-1990)
Manuscript for his book 'Life of Gaudier-Brzeska', 1929, including drawings and prints by Gaudier-Brzeska.
EPSTEIN, Jacob (1880-1959)
Correspondence, sketchbooks, photographs.
FLEISCHMAN, Arthur (1896-1990)
Photographs and press cuttings relating to his Festival of Britain commission.
FRAMPTON, George (1860-1928)
Photographs of his work.
FULLARD, George (1923-1973)
Drawings, sketchbooks, a notebook and photographs.
GALIZIA AND SON LTD FINE ART BRONZE FOUNDRY
Casting ledgers 1930-1965, foundry photographs.
GAUDIER-BRZESKA, Henri (1891-1915)
See EDE, H.S.
GILBERT, Alfred (1845-1934)
56 letters to his patron, Douglas Illingworth
GILL, Eric (1882-1940)
Photographs; see Cribb for letters from Gill to Joseph Cribb.
GUNNIS, Rupert (1899-1965)
Research notes for 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851'.
HERMES, Gertrude (1901-1983)
Photographs, press-cuttings and articles and 6 letters.
HOSKIN, John (1921-1990).
Correspondence, sketches, prints, architectural drawings, photographs and printed ephemera.
KIDNER, Michael (b.1917)
20 preparatory drawings and photographs from his columns and lattice series.
KLOMAN, Anthony Joseph Trapnell (1904-1993)
Minutes, reports and letters about the 'Unknown Political Prisoner' Competition, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Art, 1951-53.
KOENIG, Ghisha (1921-1993)
20 sketchbooks.
LEDWARD, Gilbert (1888-1960)
Photocopied autobiography, drawings, source photographs.
LUCAS, Richard Cockle (1800-1883)
Drawings and engravings.
MARSHALL, William Calder (1813-1894)
Album of photographs, account book.
MEYRICK, George (b.1953)
20 sketches for 'Untitled (Terracotta)', 1984.
MONCHAUX, Cathy de (b.1960)
7 preparatory drawings.
MOORE, Henry (1898-1986)
The main Moore archive is held by the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green; some letters and lecture notes are in the Henry Moore Institute Archive.
NASH, David (b.1945)
Correspondence, sketchbook, drawings, photographs for an exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland, 1990-92.
NEAGU, Paul (b.1938)
24 drawings.
PERI, Peter (Lazslo) (1899-1967)
Drawings and photographs.
REA, Betty (1904-1965)
Letters, exhibition catalogues and photographs.
ROPE, Ellen Mary (1855-1934)
Photographs.
SCHOTTLANDER, Bernard (1924-1999)
Drawings and photographs.
SHERIDAN, Clare Consuelo (1885-1970)
56 letters to Jane Holder.
THORNYCROFT, Hamo (1850-1925)
Correspondence, journals, diaries, drawings, photographs, sketchbooks, lecture notes and printed ephemera.
THORNYCROFT, Thomas (1815-1885)
Letters and legal documents.
UNDERWOOD, Leon (1890-1975)
Papers including lecture notes.
WESTMACOTT Family papers
Sketchbooks and papers.
WHEELER, Charles Thomas (1892-1974)
Letters, speeches, photographs and press cuttings.
WOODROW, Bill (b.1948)
15 drawings and 29 photographs relating to projects in Japan.
WOOLNER, Thomas (1825-1892)
2 diaries and photographs.
WRIGHT, Austin (1911-1997)
Drawings, sketchbooks, photographs and accounts.
A few small holdings representing the practices of stone masonry including James Forsyth (1826-1910), Nathaniel Hitch (1846-1938), J.T. Poole (1836-[?]), James Sherwood Westmacott (1823-1888), John Wilby & Son (c1930s), Henry Wood (of Bristol) (working between 1801-1830).
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Archive of Sculptors' Papers. It covers the eighteenth century to the present day with a particular emphasis on the twentieth century and contains a diverse range of papers relating to British sculptural practice. The Archive includes personal papers of sculptors, correspondence, diaries, photographs, casting ledgers, sketchbooks and drawings, press-cuttings and printed ephemera.
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Accumulation Dates
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Not Specific
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Location Details
Leeds City Art Gallery
The Headrow
Leeds
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YH000008
Email
leedscityart.gallery@virgin.net
Telephone
0113 2478248
Fax
0113 2449689
Collections Overview
There are 3 designated collections in Leeds; Fine and Decorative Arts, Industrial and Natural Science, but the collections also include Anthropology, Archaeology, Numismatics, Social History and Costume and Textiles. Collections are housed, stored and dispalyed in a number of buildings and will be described;- Abbey House for Social history; Armley and Thwaite Mills for Industry; City Art Gallery for Fine art; Lotherton hall for Costume and textiles and Temple Newsam for Decorative Arts.
Designated collection of 20th century British art, prints and drawings from 17th century to the present and a sculpture collection probably the best in the regions.18th and 19th century English watercolours are also well represented and the decorative art and old master painting collections as part of restored period settings at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall are rich in furniture, notably Chippendale, silver, textiles, wallpapers, and ceramics, with an excellent collection of Leeds creamware.
Display Overview
20th century British paintings, sculpture, watercolours always on show and the Gallery also houses the Craft Shop and Design Gallery, one of the most prestigious retail outlets for contemporary craft in the North of England.
Adjoining the Gallery is the Henry Moore Institute with the acclaimed sculpture study centre, and programme of sculpture exhibitions.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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