| Description | /1. AIA Artists' News Sheet: Bulletin of the Artists' International Association 1937- 1938. These periodicals have been filed here because of enclosures. Enclosures include writings and letters to press relating to Surrealism in England in the 1930s.
/1/1. No.4. (New Series), April 1937. Folded broadsheet. A short text by Roland Penrose is included in this issue (on the front page): 'A statement in support of the AIA Congress', April 1937. The AIA Congress was organised with the exhibition 'Unity of Artists'.
/1/2. January 1938 issue. Duplicated ts. format, card covers. 1st page detached. Enclosed:
/1/2/1. Letter from the English Surrealists, including Roland Penrose, to the Editor of Artists' News Sheet, 16.2.1938 (copy ts. with ms. additions by Roland Penrose) - protest about article in Jan 1938 issue.
/1/2/2. James Holland, News Sheet Secretary, to Roland Penrose, 19.2.1938, with attached statement issued by the AIA, ts.
/2. AIA Exhibition: 'Unity of Artists For Peace, Democracy and Cultural Development', Grosvenor Square, London, April - May 1937. Exhibition catalogue (1 copy).
/3. AIA exhibition: Artists' International Association 1933 - 1955. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Apr - May 1983 and tour. Request for loan of Picasso art: 'Dream and Lie of Franco' (etching), from Roland Penrose Collection (declined). Letter from MOMA Oxford to Roland Penrose 14.12.1982 and reply 23.12.1982. |