| Description | /1. 1 x ms. letter to Richard Demarco from Paul Neagu, containing 3 photographs with drawings of Neagu sculptures drawn on them, re: expresses gratitude for invitation to be part of an exhibition, asks if anybody is writing a serious report on the trip, exhibition and tour for 'Art Monthly', 14/2/1988, 3p.
/2. 1 x photographic print of Paul Neagu with Richard Demarco drinking espresso, 1p.
/3. 2 x ts. document, information sheet on Paul Neagu with photographs of sculptures, statement and short CV, 1987, 2p.
/4. 1 x ts. 'With Compliments' slip from The Scotsman, 1p.
/5. 1 x envelope containing ms. letter to Jane McAllistair from Paul Neagu, re: photos enclosed, doubles are for Jonathan Chapman, asks for precise news on the Glasgow Huntarian Museum, asks what the Richard Demarco Gallery is doing for Festival time, Neagu would like to think of using the room with the 'nine stations' for a new performance for 3 days, asks if this is feasible, it will be the launch of new work of sculpture cum performance called 'The Unnamed', 26/4/1988, 1p.
/6. 1 x ms. document, note describing 2 slides enclosed with title, description and dimensions, 1p.
/7. 1 x photograph of Paul Neagu sculpture entitled 'SARAJEVO-HYPHEN' with ms. annotations stating materials and dimensions, photo by John Seymour, 1988, 1p.
/8. 1 x document entitled 'FOR SOTHEBY'S' containing 8 photographs of Paul Neagu artworks with ms. descriptions and prices, 1980s, 4p.
/9. 1 x ts. document, letter/statement from James Hunter, Head of Television, BBC Scotland, to the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Scottish Sculpture Trust, re: thanks for invitation to informal drinks party but unfortunately Hunter is unable to attend due to a prior commitment, 25/3/1988, 1p.
/10. 1 x ts. card containing image of drawings/artwork by Paul Neagu with a statement by the artist, 1985, 1p.
/11. 1 x ts. document, information sheet on Paul Neagu with photographs of sculptures, statement and short CV, 1987, 1p.
/12. 1 x ms. letter to Jane [MacAllister] from Paul Neagu, re: explains that lack of money is making it difficult for him to work and mentions money owed to him, asks what has happened to his catalogue, talked to [Ainslie] Yule about 3 days at the beginning of the show/Festival on the ground floor gallery is OK, asks what happened to his posters and retrospective, 3/6/1988, 1p.
/13. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Jane McAlistair, 1p.
/14. 1 x ms. letter to Jane [MacAllister] from Paul [Neagu], re: glad that his letters thrill her, Arthur has not phoned, would be glad to receive his money, in his last conversation with Ainsley [sic] Yule Neagu changed his mind regarding Edinburgh Festival 1988, instead of performing physically in person he would like to parallel Yule with a low-level installation object, it will be an exact platform, a sturdy plinth for him to place his flat new sculpture on, should be working on a hyphen for the Demarco Gallery's blue room, wants to tell her his drawing with a double 'open monolith' from his Aberdeen lot is to be a present to her/the Gallery, when Neagu asked about posters he meant his 'retrospective' show of posters, chance of going to Holland, 13/6/1988, 2p.
/15. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Jane McAlistair, 1p.
/16. 1 x black and white photographic print of Paul Neagu, 1p.
/17. 1 x black and white photographic print of Paul Neagu and Richard Demarco, 1p.
/18. 1 x black and white photographic print of Paul Neagu and Richard Demarco in Bucharest, with ms. annotations on reverse, 1968, 1p.
/19. 1 x ts. exhibition catalogue for Paul Neagu at Narrow Water Gallery, Northern Ireland, 25/10/1988-24/11/1988, 10p.
/20. 1 x ts. letter to Alistair Warman from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Warman the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/21. 1 x ts. newspaper clipping from The Sunday Times, book review entitled 'The English eccentrics', 18/2/1990, 1p.
/22. 1 x ts. letter to Tony Caro from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Caro the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/23. 1 x ts. letter to Barbara and Murray Grigor from Jane MacAllister, re: informing the Grigors the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes they will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling their friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/24. 1 x ts. letter to David Aroushoh from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Aroushoh the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/25. 1 x ts. letter to Colmenarez Asdrubal from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Asdrubal the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/26. 1 x ts. letter to Sandy Nairne from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Nairne the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/27/1. 1 x ts. letter to Peter Palumbo from Jane MacAllister, re: informing Palumbo the Demarco Gallery will be exhibiting the work of Paul Neagu at the Art Fair London 90, the 5th International Contemporary Art Fair and at Olympia, hopes he will consider supporting Neagu even if only by telling his friends to come and see the work, Neagu is unwell at the moment so needs the support, hope to meet at Olympia, 26/3/1990, 1p.
/27/2. 1 x ms. document, list of names and addresses, 1p.
/27/3. 1 x ms. document, list of names and addresses, 1p.
/27/4. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Jane McAlistair [sic], 1p.
/28/1. 1 x ts. letter to Paul Neagu from Jane MacAllister, re: 60/40 split between Neagu and the Demarco Gallery, have to ask participating artists to pay their share up front to pay the people who run the fair, wants a sponsor or guarantee against loss for Neagu's space, change to 50/50 split, cannot wait to see Neagu's early works, would pay herself if she could, 1/3/1990, 1p.
/28/2. 1 x ms. letter to Peter Arden from Paul Neagu, re: he cannot understand 60/40, accepts a potential 50/50, for which he has 4-5 items from 1970, small wall panels at £1200 each, 26/2/1990, 1p.
/29. 1 x ts. letter to Paul Neagu from Jane [MacAllister] re: writing on Richard's behalf to say please don't be too hard on him, he is having a hard time trying to survive, things are difficult in the Gallery and they might lose the space, she hasn't passed on to Demarco the contents of Neagu's letter, tells him her blood group, she doesn't have AIDS, 22/2/1990, 1p.
/30. 1 x ms. letter to Ricky [Demarco] from Paul N[eagu], re: just being Romanian is not enought to make Neagu jump and exhibit his work, it depends who he's with, how many, how much space, time, catalogue, money, etc., given him white hair, see his article in exchange, 19/2/1990, 1p.
/31. 1 x photocopy of image of Paul Neagu sculpture 'Sarajevo-Hyphen', photo by J. Seymour, with ms. description, 1988, 1p.
/32. 1 x ts. document, statement by Paul Neagu on sculpture, 1p.
/33/1. 1 x ts. letter to Paul Neagu from Richard [Demarco], re: informs him he will be putting on a special 20th anniversary exhibition in 1986 and Neagu must play an important part in it, can Neagu be at the Festival this year, 24/7/1985, 1p.
/33/2. 1 x ms. letter from Paul Neagu on the reverse of an exhibition card for a Paul Neagu exhibition at Metropolis Galerie Internationale D'Art, letter re: please reply immediately to Neagu's invitation to particpate in the 'Year of the Hyphen', already has the cash from 3 galleries and would like to proceed to design and plan the year's adventures this month, once Ricky [Demarco] replies Neagu would like to settle his account regarding the last payment for Margo's painting, 7/1/1984, 1p.
/33/3. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Richard Demarco also containing ms. draft of letter to Paul [Neagu] from Demarco, 1p.
/34. 1 x ts. document, entitled 'PAUL NEAGU EXHIBITION AT TRAQUAIR HOUSE SEPTEMBER 1988 [-] DRAWINGS' containing list of drawings with dates, dimensions and prices, 1988, 2p.
/35. 1 x ts. letter/statement from Lester Borley thanking the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Scottish Sculpture Trust for their invitation to an informal drinks party but he regrets he is unable to attend, 25/3/1988, 1p.
/36. 1 x ts. letter/statement from Lord James Douglas-Hamilton thanking the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Scottish Sculpture Trust for their invitation but he regrets he is unable to attend and sends good wishes, 29/3/1988, 1p.
/37. 1 x ms. letter to the Demarco Gallery from Ruth J. Maxwell, re: regrets to inform them that she will not be able to attend the launch of the Mario Merz 'Commemorative Book' as she will be tied up with the preparation of the Paul Neagu catalogue, 25/3/1988, 1p.
/38. 1 x ms. letter to the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh from Jane MacAllister, re: encloses the [carnet?] long since obsolete which they have requested from her and which was found in part of the archive, she did write to explain it could not be found and that the guarantee could be discharged but had no response, apologises for inconvenience and hopes that things can now be resolved, 14/3/1988, 1p.
/39. 1 x photocopy of ts. press cutting form The List, review of Paul Neagu at the Richard Demarco Gallery, entitled 'Only Connect' by Alice Bain, 15-28/4/1988, 1p.
/40. 8 x photocopies of A4 poster for 'NINE CATALYTIC STATIONS [-] Sculptures and Drawings by Paul Neagu' at Traquair House, 4-29/9/[?], 8p.
/41. 1 x ts. letter/statement from Professor Iain MacLeod thanking the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Scottish Sculpture Trust for the invitation to the launch of the commemorative book but he regrets he cannot attend, 25/3/1988, 1p.
/42. 1 x ts. document, Paul Neagu's statement on sculpture, 1p.
/43. 2 x photocopy of image of Paul Neagu sculpture 'Sarajevo-Hyphen', photo by J. Seymour, with ms. description, 1988, 2p.
/44. 1 x black and white photographic print of Paul Neagu sitting on one of his sculptures, 1p.
/45. 1 x black and white photographic print of Paul Neagu with woman and young man [wife and son?], 1p.
/46. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Jane McAllistair [sic], 18/3/1989, 1p.
/47/1. 1 x ms. letter to Daniel [?] from Paul Neagu, re: thanks for letter reply, invoice for Olympia and for the information about Deal, Texas, drawing for Dallas, Texas has already been sent, the Gallery's apology for not paying the 2nd bill for Olympia transport is not good enough, Neagu is thinking of splitting his bills for material and labour in making his sculptures with the gallery showing the work, feels unable to paint or sculpt something of 5x4 and call it 'Morning', 12/4/1989, 1p.
/47/2. 1 x photocopy of ms. letter to Paul [Neagu] from Jane MacAllister, re: it was made clear when Neagu was asked to participate in Olympia that the Demarco Gallery had no money to support Neagu, it was made clear at Islington that they did have the money to pay transport for his work and wanted to exhibit him, he is the only artist they invite to exhibit at any fair without paying anything towards the stand, the Demarco Gallery is a charity with a £98,000 overdraft secured by a guarantor who insists no risks are taken, they do take risks but reminds him that he sold no work at Islington or Olympia, expresses frustration with him, the Gallery is struggling, outlines costs of Olympia, Ricky will see Neagu's letter next week, 4p.
/47/3. 1 x ms. envelope addressed to Daniel Withall, 1p.
/48. 1 x ts. document, article on 'Paul Neagu [-] Narrow Water[,] Waterpoint' from 'CIRCA' (No. 44), 3-4/1989, 1p.
/49/1. 1 x ms. letter to Jane [MacAllister] from Paul Neagu, re: tried to phone her, doesn't know if she's sent the invite to his Romanian critic in Timisoara after she had it returned and approved by the Romanian Embassy, puzzled over the deal over his drawing with the Dallas Collection, asks what Jonathan did to scare them off, wants to make arrangements for transporting a sculpture and an oil painting for Olympia, Angela Flowers must be scared stiff, Andrew Morris a busy man, encloses a good review, 17/3/1989, 1p.
/49/2. 1 x ms. letter to Paul Neagu from [?], re: good to see Neagu in London at the art fair, sorry they weren't able to show the painting as well as the sculpture, encloses second invoice for Olympia, indicated they would not be able to finance the transport of the sculpture due to the overall costs of the fair, apologises they cannot pay the second invoice thought they are glad to pay for the first due to the different circumstances, 1/4/1989. 1p.
/49/3. 1 x ms. letter to Jane [MacAllister] from Paul N[eagu], re: apologises for having to send 2 bills corresponding to the 2 'site-specific works' respectively Islington and Olympia, please take good care of the Romanian Embassy as well, 1/4/1989, 1p.
/49/4. 1 x ts. letter to Richard Demarco Gallery from Janice Chew, re: recently sent a pound sterling draft of $1,227.00 for payment due on Paul Neagu's 'Catalytic Sculpture Court System 1986', they neglected to include shipping instructions which are provided, 6/4/1989, 1p. |