Robert Adams

Sketchbook [Northampton/Paris Studies]

[c.1947–9]

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Created by: Robert Adams 1917–1984
Title: Sketchbook [Northampton/Paris Studies]
Date: [c.1947–9]
Description: Graphite and ink on paper, 254 × 204 mm

Grey-green cover printed with 'The Rapid Sketch Book Series 46', Winsor and Newton Ltd. Contains studies of trees and tree stumps, and studies for a series of carved, standing figures in wood with heads and bodies of conical forms.
Format: Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Mrs Pat Adams, widow of the artist, and her daughter Mrs Mary Adams Weatherhead, in 1984 and 1990.
Reference: TGA 8421/1/6

London Group

Archive context

Personal papers and artworks of Robert Adams TGA 8421 (44)
- Sketchbooks, drawings and records of work by Robert Adams TGA 8421/1 (25)
- - Sketchbook [Northampton/Paris Studies] TGA 8421/1/6