| Description | An exhibition of paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture by pioneering Russian artists; installation photographs, negatives of installation photographs and of documentary photos, photographs of works from Arts Council, additional photographs, set of index cards with ts. of catalogue entries, some with ms. annotations, set of ms. index cards,
/1. bill from Galerie Ricard, Nurnberg, correspondence with Wingate & Johnson re transport of works for exhibition, requests for catalogue, copies of invoices for catalogues, private view cards and posters, correspondence with Mr Masheck of Artforum re text of article reproducing Mr Nakov's preface in catalogue, letter from Arts Council re second showing of exhibition in Sheffield, press cutting re court order not to return paintings because of divorce proceedings, memo on indemnity values and rough notes working out exchange rates, telegram from LA County Museum requesting information about dates and content of exhibition, letter clarifying position re Nakov legal petition, rough note of attendance figures (16, 360), memo re works sent to Sheffield, copy of letter to Solicitor re Nakov petition, letter to Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, confirming arrangements and enclosing distribution list of catalogues requested by Mr Nakov, press cutting, Customs and Excise booklet on Goods Imported for Exhibitions or Meetings, copies of customs forms, correspondence re account for photographic display material used in exhibition, ts. of exhibition preparation progress report with ms. comments and annotations, memo requesting van to collect work from airport, list of works requiring mounting/framing, VAT relief claim, memo on travel arrangements for Mr Nakov, correspondence with Customs re temporary importation, correspondence with Danzas Ltd re transport of works to Zurich, copy of press release, rough notes, ms. report of conversation with Michael Compton re status of Malevich painting, correspondence with Dr Weiss at Museum Ludwig requesting information about Mr Kostakis and Mr Hack as collectors of Russian art, letter from Sotheby's giving names of purchasers, ts. text of exhibition notes, copy of loan agreement, press release dated 15 May 1978, exhibition notes (2 copies), correspondence with Arts Council re lists of works attached to court order, and re general exhibition arrangements, ts. list of lenders, packing lists, delivery receipts from Wingate & Johnston
/2. loan agreements
/3. correspondence re exhibition with Andrei Nakov, from 1/12/1975 to 18/02/1979
/4. correspondence with lenders (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Herman Berninger, Zurich; Bruce Fine Art, London; Fischer Fine Art, London; Roald Dahl; Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva; Wilhelm Hack; Galerie R, Nurnberg; Mrs Helen Serger, New York; Annely Juda, London; Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Castagnola, Lugano; Georg Weisbrod; Dr Ulrich Worringer, Dusseldorf
/5. refusals to requests for loans to exhibition
/6. polaroid photograph of work belonging to Nakov damaged in transit, correspondence with Wingate and Johnston re claim, ms. memo on claim, memos re text by Nakov and other arrangements for exhibition, file copy of catalogue with ms. annotations, correspondence with ADS Graphics re printing of catalogue, layouts of catalogue
/7. drafts of catalogue essay: rough notes, ts. of essay footnotes with ms. annotations, photocopy of catalogue entries with annotations, ts. drafts of translation of essay with ms. annotations, photocopy of translation with annotations, ts. of original French text of essay
/8. miscellaneous photocopies of works, copy of text for poster and private view cards, copy of text for catalogue as submitted to printer
/9. transparencies (b/w) of selected works, galley proofs of catalogue with corrections, master copy of list of works promised so far, ms. list of works showing position regarding loan, spreadsheets showing refusals and acceptances, ts. of new list of loans including loans to be requested from Costakis collection at Guggenheim Museum, New York, ts of Nakov's old list (in French) with ms. annotations |