| Description | Pages cut from The Spectator, re. debate on Picasso's art ('Dreams and Lies of Franco' and 'Guernica') and the Spanish Civil War, between Anthony Blunt, Herbert Read and Roland Penrose, 1937:
/1. newscutting from The Spectator, 8 October 1937, letter from Anthony Blunt to the editor attacking Picasso's art ('Sueño y Mentira de Franco' in particular, but also mentioning 'Guernica') for lack of social relevance and popularity, in relation to the Spanish Civil War, letter entitled 'Art : Picasso unfrocked', 1p.
/2. newscutting from The Spectator, 15 October 1937, reply by Herbert Read to RPA 600/1, 1p.
/3. newscutting from The Spectator, 22 October 1937, replies to RPA 600/1 by Anthony Blunt and William Coldstream, 1p.
/4. newscutting from The Spectator, 29 October 1937, further replies to RPA 600/1 by Herbert Read and Roland Penrose, 1p.
/5. newscutting from The Spectator, 5 November 1937, further replies to RPA 600/1 by Anthony Blunt and Dora Birtles, 1p.
Press articles on Picasso and Franco's Spain, 1965 - 1973:
/6. newscutting from the New York [Times?], 31 March 1965, article on Spanish government's exhibition for the World Fair (including Picasso, Miró and Dalí) and government's attitude to Picasso, article entitled 'Spain Plans New Art Show at Fair', article by Robert Alden, 1p.
/7. newscutting from the New York Times, 8 November 1971, on Franco's regime and the arts, including Picasso, article entitled 'Madrid: 3 Pablos Amidst the Ghosts', article by Richard Elder, 1p.
/8. newscutting from the Daily Telegraph, 9 February 1973, short item on jailing of critic for giving lecture on Picasso, 1p.
Translations of 'Dreams and Lies of Franco' into English, 1969:
/9. 1 x ts. document wth ms. corrections, May 1969, translation to English of 'Fandango of Shivering Owls', translated by Senior Sophister students in the Department of Spanish, Trinity College, Dublin, May 1969, (probably relates to Picasso exhibition there),1p.
/10. 1 x ts. document, unattributed translation (same translation by students at Trinity College Dublin, May 1969?), 1p. + envelope labelled by Roland Penrose 'Picasso translations'; envelope bears addresses of P. Kirwan, film critic of the Evening Standard, and [Hans?] Bellmer (1p).
Anti-Franco Regime postcard:
/11. postcard with reproduction of drawing by Picasso, published by Association France-Espagne against Franco regime, 31 October 1955, text on postcard reads "!! Paix e amitiéentre les peuples !!', 1p. |