Francis Bacon, recipient: Arthur Jeffress

Letter from Francis Bacon to Arthur Jeffress, addressed Monte Carlo

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Created by: Francis Bacon 1909–1992
Recipient: Arthur Jeffress c.1905–1961
Title: Letter from Francis Bacon to Arthur Jeffress, addressed Monte Carlo
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Description: The letter thanks Jeffress for the advance of £200 and mentions 'heads' he [Bacon] is working on. Bacon also refers to an unidentified exhibition.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: The records were acquired from Erica Brausen by purchase in two batches. The records of stock, sales and purchases, scrap albums and photograph albums were purchased in 1986, and the material relating to Francis Bacon in September 1987.
Reference: TGA 863/6/2/1

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Archive context

Records of the Hanover Gallery TGA 863 (18)
- Material relating to Francis Bacon TGA 863/6 (18)
- - File of ten letters addressed to Arthur Jeffress and Erica Brausen TGA 863/6/2 (10)
  - - Letter from Francis Bacon to Arthur Jeffress, addressed Monte Carlo TGA 863/6/2/1