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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Letters of Frances Hodgkins; edited by Linda GILL.

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Letters of Frances Hodgkins; edited by Linda GILL.
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Bib. Number0015660

Letters of Frances Hodgkins; edited by Linda GILL.

Author/EditorHODGKINS Frances.
Place PublishedAuckland
Year
Date & Collationx,584pp.Plates.Bibliog.Biog.Index.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationSelection from letters of New Zealand painter mostly in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. The introduction notes a 1945 exhibition with Moore and others (See 0015708). It also quotes Moore's statement from Ascent, Dec 1969: One could recognize a Frances Hodgkins from a long distance purely by colour alone" The editor also notes links with Moore at the Lefevre Gallery The Seven and Five Society Hampstead in the 1930's.
In a 1944 letter to Myfanwy Evans Frances Hodgkins appreciated Grigson's tribute to Moore in the Penguin Modern Painters series (See 0008952).
Moore is also mentioned in a 1945 letter to Eardley Knollys and Jane Saunders when Hodgkins wished to buy a war drawing for a friend."