Key Information
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Date(s)
- 1980 - 1989 (Creation)
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Item
Scope and content
Catalogues, press cuttings, invitations and other items relating to contemporary art exhibitions, including: catalogue for an exhibition at Greenwich Theatre Gallery, London, 1980, with additional material on the Surrealist movement by John Lyle; invitation to an exhibition of work by Alan Rankle, 1982, with a note by Rankle stating that some pieces were inspired by Eric Mottram's A book of Herne, 1975-1981 (see also 10/1/10); leaflet for a course, 'Art, politics and the machine, 1914-1939', Liverpool University, 1984, with a manuscript letter from Mottram to course organiser Paul O'Keefe; invitation to a private view of work by British artist Stuart Reid, Vortex Gallery, London, 1986, with a manuscript letter to Mottram from the gallery co-founder Irving Kinnersley; photocopy letter (poor quality) from Mottram to British artist Ralph Steadman, 1986, with thanks for signed books and praise for Steadman's work; invitation to an exhibition of work by Paul Davie, Vortex Gallery, 1987; Time magazine article on the death of Andy Warhol, 1987; invitation to an exhibition at The Gallery by The Park, Nelson, Lancashire, 1988; manuscript notes by Mottram on Willem de Kooning's Collected writings, 1988; printed work by Peterjon Skelt, 'Drawings from the Camberwell book of hours', signed by Skelt to Mottram, 1989; personal invitation to Mottram from Scottish artist David Cook to an exhibition at Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath (undated); catalogue (undated) to an exhibition of work by Jim Bird, Kenneth Noland and Arthur Secunda at Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, with an introduction by Nissa Torrents (a former PhD student of Mottram's).