| Description | /1.Organisation & administration of Roland Penrose's visit, and general papers, 1970, & follow-up, 1970 - 1972.
/1/1. Corr'sp, 4.6.1970 - 14.12.1970 between Roland Penrose and the following: Pamela Saunders (Transfield); The British Council; Annette McArthur Onslow (with photograph of her with Roland Penrose); Elizabeth Reeves (Vogue); Bonython Art Gallery (Alannah Coleman); Rowena (Burrell Collection); Art Gallery Society of New South Wales (D. Wheeler); Franco Belgiorno-Netis (Director of Transfield Pty); Bill Clements (note: the card from Clements, probably Dec.1970, was found with a work of art by him).
/1/2. Itinerary of visit; lists of names & addresses; personal cards of various people in envelope.
/1/3. Follow-up, resulting directly or indirectly from Roland Penrose's visit:
a) Cutting from Vogue Australia, Feb. 1971, 4pp, sent to Roland Penrose with comp. slip inscribed by Liz (Elizabeth Reeves?), with marked features on Picasso (bullfighting & citing Roland Penrose on Picasso) & Roland Penrose during his visit to Australia (re: Annette McArthur Onslow).
b) Corr'sp between Michael Parker (Australia) and Roland Penrose, 5.10.1972 - 8.11. 1972; re: visit to England of artists Michael Shannon & Fred Williams.
/2. Press coverage of Penrose's visit (including his lecture on Picasso) & the Transfield Art Prize, 1970 - 1971.
/2/1. Cuttings from various Australian newspapers, on the following:
a) Roland Penrose's visit, his lecture on Picasso to the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, and his career.
b) The Transfield Art Prize.
/2.2. File of photocopies of press cuttings on The Transfield Art Prize, with letter from Pamela Saunders to Roland Penrose 12 .3.1971 (dated 1970 in error).
/2.3. 'Hemisphere' Dec. 1970 (whole periodical). Includes coverage of the Transfield, with reproduction of the winning work on cover, and quotation from Roland Penrose on it (condition: old mould).
/3. Related items, 1970 & 1974 (including postcards, article on Roland Penrose)
/3.1. Postcards & images obtained on visit:
a. Aborigine art & culture: 6 colour postcards, a greetings card and a booklet of 14 photographs of Aborigines from Arnhem Land (related Australian postcard found with them of New Ireland malanggan masks).
b. Photo of Sydney Opera House, and 2 other photos.
/3.2. Exhibition notice for: John Willenbacher, New Sculpture, Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Mar. - Apr.1970 (found with Australia 1970 papers).
/3.3. Article: 'Penrose's Complaint', Contemporary Art Society Broadsheet, Sydney, May 1974 (cutting of the article); on Penrose's role in the 1970 Transfield Art Prize.
/4. Kodak colour slide, depicting unidentified land sculpture.
/5. Kodak colour slide, depicting close up of unidentified land sculpture.
/6. Kodak colour slide, depicting unidentified sculpture.
/7. Kodak colour slide, depicting unidentified sculpture.
/8. Kodak colour slide, depicting land sculpture. |