| Description | /1. Accademia Italia delle Arti e del Lavoro: letter from N. Panepinto, Director of Accademia Italia delle Arti e del Lavoro, to Roland Penrose 4.12.1979; re. Roland Penrose's nomination as 'Academic of Italy with Gold Medal' by the Accademia (not known if Roland Penrose accepted it)
/2. Alecto International Collectors Club / Editions Alecto Collectors Club (art collectors club and publisher of limited editions prints for members): correspondence with Roland Penrose (including invitation to join), 1972 and 1973
/2/1. Letter from Charles Spencer (Alecto International Collector's Club) to Roland Penrose, 21.3.1972, + reply 6.4.1972 (invitation to Roland Penrose to join - declined)
/2/2. Letter from J. Studholme (Editions Alecto) to Roland Penrose, 16.11.1973, + reply 28.11.1973
/3. Arts Club, Dover St., London: correspondence between The Arts Club (A. Eldon-Edington and Lord Alastair Gordon) and Roland Penrose, 18.12.1975 - 7.1.1976; re. Roland Penrose as Honorary Member (elected 1975); letter from Arts Club to Roland Penrose 15.11.1981; letter from Alastair (-) to Roland Penrose, 17.3.1976 (re. Arts Club and personal)
/4. Asociacion Canaria de Amigos del Arte Contemporaneo (A.C.A) (Canary Islands): letter from Eduardo Westerdahl, President, to Roland Penrose, 15.2.1980 + reply 21.2.1980; re. Roland Penrose as Honorary Member (elected 1980)
/5. Asociación Sandinista de Trabajadores Culturales, Nicaragua (A.S.T.C.) / Sandanista Cultural Workers Association: letter from F. D'Escoto, Ambassador of Nicaragua, London, to Roland Penrose, with letter from R. Murillo of A.S.T.C., 26.10.1982, + reply from Roland Penrose, 8.12.1982; re. appeal for funds to Roland Penrose
/6. Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA) / International Association of Art Critics; Roland Penrose as Member of AICA
/6/1. Roland Penrose's AICA identity card, bearing photograph of him, 1965 - 1983
/6/2. Correspondence with AICA:-
/6/2/1. Letter from T. Mullaly to Roland Penrose 2.7.1967, + reply 6.7.1967; letter from J. Daniels, President, to Roland Penrose, n.d., + reply 8.7.1982
/6/2/3. Photocopy of list of British section members, including Roland Penrose
/7. Battle & District Arts Group: letter from H. Powell, Treasurer, to Roland Penrose, 2.6.1967 + reply 22.6.1967 (Roland Penrose was the Vice-President of Battle & District Arts Group up to 1967)
/8. British Association of Art Therapists: Roland Penrose as Member of Advisory Committee; correspondence re. mental illness and art
/8/1. Letter from R. Cracknell of British Association of Art Therapists, to Roland Penrose, 9.12.1968
/8/2. Letter from Roland Penrose to Cracknell, 3.4.1969 (re. planned exhibition involving ICA; meeting at Goldsmiths' College with Roland Penrose - re. lecture by Roland Penrose?)
/9. British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel; invitation to Roland Penrose to give speech/lecture at exhibition opening and function (probably on Picasso); note: Roland Penrose initially accepted the invitation but then declined it due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
/9/1. Letter from W. Griessmann to Roland Penrose, 6.7.1982
/9/2. Letter from Roland Penrose to Annely Juda, n.d. (ms. draft reply)
/9/3. Letter from David Juda to Roland Penrose, 10.8.1982
/10. Cardea Foundation (Roland Penrose on Advisory Board): Letter from K. Marmor, President of Cardea Foundation, to Roland Penrose 4.11.1969, + reply 27.11.1969, + reply from Marmor 10.12.1969
/11. Caribbean Artists Movement: letter from E. Brathwaite to Roland Penrose, with enclosed information on Caribbean Artists Movement & Symposium, 26.4.1967; + reply, 4.5.1967; re. invitation to address Symposium (note: Roland Penrose declined to attend. Also mentions artist Aubrey Williams)
/12. Center for Book Arts, New York: business card of Richard Minsky, n.d.
/13. Cercle Culturel de Royaumont, France: information pamphlet, n.d. (note: may relate to the Congres Pour la Liberte de la Culture)
/14. Charleston Farmhouse & Trust, Sussex
/14/1. Friends of Charleston - Roland Penrose as Patron Member, 1982
/14/2. Pamphlet on the house and Charleston Trust, including Roland Penrose's Membership card, 1982
/15. Digswell Arts Trust: letter from Digswell Arts Trust to Roland Penrose, 19.9.1973, re. Roland Penrose's donation for exhibition: 'Henry Morris & the Digswell Arts Trust', Victoria & Albert Museum, 1973
/16. Ellingham Mill Art Society, Bungay, Suffolk
/16/1. Letter from Lucy Halford of Ellingham Mill Art Society, to Roland Penrose 16.9.1976, + reply 22.9.1976
/16/2. Card from Lucy Halford to Roland Penrose, 27.5.1981, with invitation to exhibition organised by E.M.A.S. (John Addyman and others); + reply, 11.6.1981
/17. Greater London Arts Association: letter from M. Dawson, G.L.A.A., to Roland Penrose, with literature, 22.6.1967; + reply 11.8.1967; invitation to Roland Penrose to become Chairman, 1967 (declined)
/18. Institut de France (incl. Academie des Beaux Arts) (note: Roland Penrose was elected as Membre-Correspondant of L'Academie des Beaux Arts (part of L'Institut) in 1967 after nomination by Félix Labisse)
/18/1. Letter from Emmanuel Bondeville, Academie, to Roland Penrose, 27.6.1974 + reply 11.7.1974 (re: annual report and request for information on Roland Penrose's artistic activities)
/18/2. Letter from Edouard Bonnefois, Chancelier de L'Institut, to Roland Penrose, 28.5.1980
/19. International Center for Arts, New York: telegram from Mario Amaya to Roland Penrose, December 1975, + reply letter from Roland Penrose (to Beverley Pepper), 20.1.1976; re. conference at Todi, Italy, 1976
/20. Kensington & Chelsea Arts Council: letter from B. Stead, Chair, to Roland Penrose, 9.7.1969, + reply 19.7.1969; invitation to Roland Penrose to introduce evening of films on art, 1969 (declined)
/21. Norfolk Contemporary Art Society (note: Roland Penrose was a patron of the Norfolk Contemporary Art Society)
/21/1. Catalogue of the NCAS Collection & membership information: pamphlet, n.d., c.1962/3 (sent to Roland Penrose in 1963 in relation to his lecture for them)
/21/2. Invitation to Roland Penrose to visit NCAS, 1978, and hear Patrick Hughes' lecture: correspondence between Shirley Cargill of NCAS, and Roland Penrose, 13.2.1978 - 10.3.1978
/21/3. Donation by Roland Penrose of Eduardo Paolozzi drawing to NCAS fundraising sale, 1983: letter from Robert Short, NCAS, to Roland Penrose, 15.3.1983 + reply 8.4.1983
/22. Oriental Centre, London (note: The Oriental Centre was based at the ICA originally. Correspondence covers administrative matters)
/22/1. Letter from Paul (Keeler), Director, to Roland Penrose, 21.5.(-) (1972 probably)
/22/2. Letter from Keeler to Roland Penrose, 18.7.(-) (1972 probably)
/23. Penta-Dunamis Ltd (The Pentad) (note: an organisation of communities of artists, Hampstead): letter and information from S. Ashbrook, Director, to Roland Penrose, 24.3.1972, + reply 6.4.1972; invitation to Roland Penrose to be a Trustee (declined)
/24. Royal Academy of Art, London: invitation letter for the annual dinner from Secretary of the Royal Academy to Roland Penrose, 16.3.1970
/25. Royal Designers for Industry: letter from Ashley Havinden to Roland Penrose, 24.2.1969, + reply 25.3.1969; invitation to Annual Reception to Roland Penrose, 1969
/26. Société d'Etudes et de Décoration: New Year greetings card from Jean Prudhomme-Bené to Roland Penrose, n.d.
/27. UNESCO
/27/1. Articles in press on new UNESCO building: cutting from Combat, 18.3.1970, marked (mentions art for the building by Chillida, Soto, Kelly, Giacometti)
/27/2. Resignation of Roland Penrose from Committee of Art Advisors, 1971
/28. Warwick Arts Trust: letter from M. Grundy of Warwick Arts Trust, to Roland Penrose, 23.8.1983 (enclosures not present)
/29. Workspace (studios), London: information booklet, n.d. |