Josef Herman

‘One Hundred Dawns’ [versions with numbered sections]

[c.1980s–1990s]

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Created by: Josef Herman 1911–2000
Title: ‘One Hundred Dawns’ [versions with numbered sections]
Date: [c.1980s–1990s]
Description: Multiple typescript versions - the title occurs seven times, though some versions are fragmentary - of 'One Hundred Dawns', a title Herman used repeatedly for sequences of short prose-poetic statements/aphorisms (not always numbering 100) that had their origins in his jotter notebooks. Three of the versions also use the subtitle 'Short waves'.
Format: Document - writings
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by David Herman and the Herman family, November 2012.
Reference: TGA 201217/2/3/44

Archive context

Personal papers of Josef Herman TGA 201217 (12)
- Writings TGA 201217/2 (5)
- - Autobiographical/literary texts TGA 201217/2/3 (5)
  - - ‘One Hundred Dawns’ [versions with numbered sections] TGA 201217/2/3/44