| Description | /1. 1 x ts. letter, 11 August 1936, from Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose, re: Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), re. organisation, loans from Penrose Collection, attitude of André Breton, Paul Éluard etc. to the exhibition.
/2. 1 x ts. letter, 22 August 1936, from Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose, re: International Surrealist Exhibition, London - photos of, sent to him by Roland Penrose.
/3. 1 x ms. letter from Barr to Roland Penrose 25.8.1952, re: possible sale by Roland Penrose of Yves Tanguy artwork to W. Burdon, President of Museum of Modern Art; other topics.
/4. 1 x ts. letter, 24 September 1954, Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose, re: planned biography of Picasso by Roland Penrose ('Picasso: Life and Work') including Barr's opinions on Picasso's art and politics.
/5/1. 1 x ts. letter, 17 November 1954, Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose, re: fund raising for Reg Butler's 'Monument for the Unknown Political Prisoner' - with enclosed copy of text by Martha Leeb on this.
/5.2. 1 x ts. letter found with /4, /5 and /6: copy of letter, n.d. from [?] to Roland Penrose (sent to Barr and passed on to Roland Penrose?). From USA, c.1954 - 1955.
/6. 1 x ts. letter, 6 January 1955, Barr to Roland Penrose, re: Reg Butler.
/7. 1 x ms. postcard, postmark 16 May 1956, from Barr in Stockholm to Roland Penrose.
/8. 1 x ts. letter, 16 January 1957, from Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose, re: Picasso & Communism; Picasso's 'Jeune fille à la mandoline'.
/9. 1 x ts. letter, 21 February 1957, from Barr to Roland Penrose, 21.2.1957, re: Picasso 75th Birthday exhibition at MOMA & Chicago, 1957 - planning, loans requested from Penrose Collection; various letters below cover this too.
/10. 1 x ts. letter, 5 March 1957, from Barr to Roland Penrose, with copies of correspondence from Barr to D. H. Kahnweiler and W. Burdon, and copies of 2 ts. lists of works in Picasso's collection with notes from Barr to Roland Penrose on memo slip & inscription (re: Picasso 75th Birthday exhibition - asking Roland Penrose to help with problems in persuading Picasso to lend; /11and /12 are also on this subject).
/11. 1 x ts. letter, 5 March 1957, from Barr to D. H. Kahnweiler, copy to Roland Penrose.
/12. 1 x ts. letter, 7 March 1957, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: various topics.
/13. 1 x ts. letter with ms. note, 'late June 1957', from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: personal news, Picasso, Fernande Olivier, Dora Maar and others.
/14. 1 x ts. letter, 29 July 1957, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: Reg Butler, 'Monument for the Unknown Political Prisoner'.
/15. 1 x ms. postcard 3 September (postmark - 1957) from Margaret Barr from Peru to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, showing Machu Picchu.
/16. 1 x ts. letter with ms. note, 22 January 1958, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: International Institute of Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts and others.
/17/1. 1 x ts. letter, 7 February 1958, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: Picasso's 'Jeune fille à la mandoline'.
/17/2. 1 x ts. letter, 7 February 1958, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: International Institute of Contemporary Art and others.
/18. 1 x ts. letter, 19 May 1958, from Alfred Barr to Hutchinson Publishers (copy for Roland Penrose) re: Picasso - false statements by Giovanni Papini, published by Hutchinson.
/19/1. 1 x ts. letter, 16 June 1958, from Barr to Roland Penrose.
/19/2. 1 x ts. copy letter, 16 June 1958, from Barr to Reg Butler.
/19/3. Copy of letter from Barr to Will Grohmann 14.6.1958, re: Reg Butler's 'Monument for the Unknown Political Prisoner'.
/20. 1 x ts. letter, 16 January 1959, from Barr to Roland Penrose, re: his opinion of Roland Penrose's book 'Picasso: His Life and Work'; Institute of Contemporary Arts and International Institute of Contemporary Art.
/21. 1 x ms. postcard, postmark 22 September 1962, from Barr to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, image of Africa.
/22. 1 x ms. letter, 1 April 1963, from Barr to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, re: African art exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Frank McEwen, Pancho (Amancio) Guedes.
/23/1. 1 x ts. letter, 10 May 1965, from Roland Penrose to Barr, re: Picasso's Chicago sculpture; Françoise Gilot's book on Picasso ('Life with Picasso', by Françoise Gilot & Carlton Lake); plans for Picasso sculpture exhibition at MOMA & Tate Gallery.
/23/2. 1 x ts. letter, 13 May 1965, reply from Barr to Roland Penrose also re: Picasso false statements by Giovanni Papini.
/24. 1 x ts. letter, 27 October 1967, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose, re: opinion of unspecified Roland Penrose lecture on Picasso.
/25. 1 x ms. postcard, postmark 21 July 1968, from Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose.
/26. 1 x ms. postcard, 8 August [1969] from Marga (Margaret) Barr to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, re: return of Penrose Collection after theft, 1969.
/27. 1 x ms. postcard, 21 December 1971, from Margaret and Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller.
/28. 1 x ms. letter, 4 April 1972, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose and Lee Miller.
/29/1. 1 x ts. letter, 4 May 1972, from Roland Penrose to Barr, re: Art Dealers' Association Award to Barr (Roland Penrose had sent letter of tribute to the presentation).
/29/2. 1 x ts. letter, 29 May 1972, reply from Barr to Roland Penrose.
/30. 1 x ts. letter, 14 June 1973, from Roland Penrose to Alfred and Margaret Barr, re: the death of Picasso.
/31. 1 x ms. postcard. 8 July 1973, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose.
/32/1. 1 x ts. letter, 21 September 1973, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose, re: research enquiries on photographs of Dora Maar & Marie-Thérèse Walter.
/32/2. 1 x ts. letter, 7 November 1973, reply from Roland Penrose to Margaret Barr.
/33. 1 x ts. letter with ms. note, 6 February 1975, from Margaret Barr to Lee Miller and Roland Penrose. Inscribed ms. by Roland Penrose with notes on Russian art & Alexander Glezer - probably plans for the Unofficial Art from the Soviet Union exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts.
/34. 1 x ms. letter, 30 July 1978, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose, with attached cutting from 'New York Times' of 26 July 1978 on Rockefeller collection selling reproductions of its art, including Picasso's 'Jeune fille à la mandoline'.
/35. 1 x ts. letter, 3 September 1978, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose.
/36. Notes inscribed on press cuttings from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose; cuttings from New York Times 19 November 1978 and New Yorker(?) 20 November 1978, re: Alfred Barr's Russian Diary, Russian art, Rockefeller reproductions.
/37. 1 x ts. letter, 9 February 1979, from Roland Penrose to Margaret Barr (reply to /36?).
/38. 1 x ms. card, 1 October 1981, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose.
/39. 1 x ts. letter, 19 April 1982, from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose, re: photos by Lee Miller; Roland Penrose's 'Scrapbook'
/40/1. 1 x ts. letter, 17 January 1984 (dated 1983 in error), from Margaret Barr to Roland Penrose.
/40/2. 1 x ts. letter, 15 February 1984, Roland Penrose to Margaret Barr, re: Alfred Barr's papers, request for archivist Rona Roob to interview Roland Penrose on Alfred Barr.
2. Research enquiries to Roland Penrose on Alfred Barr.
/1/1. 1 x ts. letter, n.d., from Sybil Kantor to Roland Penrose.
/1/2. 1 x ts. letter, 26 June 1980, reply from Roland Penrose to Sybil Kantor, re: PhD thesis on Barr, New York City University.
3. Alfred Barr's 60th Birthday - tribute text by Roland Penrose for (note: Penrose's tribute was read out at the celebration event at MOMA).
/1. 1 x ts. letter, 11 January 1962, from René d'Harnoncourt to Roland Penrose.
/2. 1 x ms. letter, January 1962, Roland Penrose to René d'Harnoncourt; draft of Penrose's text.
/3. 1 x ts. letter, 21 March 1962, from Alfred Barr to Roland Penrose.
/4. Photocopies of the above papers. |