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TGA 202310 - The ‘Making Histories Visible’ Archive - 5 Sep 1983-May 2018
36 - 'Making histories visible', box [36] : letters, 1996 - 7 Jan-26 Dec 1996
Collection Name
Himid, Lubaina
RefNo
TGA 202310/36/46
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Item
Title
Typed letter signed by Rosemary 'Rosie' Miles, assistant curator, Collection of Prints & Drawings, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), South Kensington, London, to Lubaina Himid, Preston
Date
16 Jul 1996
Extent
1 item
Access Status
OPEN
Location
Manuscript collection
Description
Relating to the museum's acquisition of four works from Himid's series 'A fashionable marriage / Marriage a la mode', three by purchase and one by gift.
Miles and Himid are to meet with French guest on 26th. Miles asks if she can record their conversation as research 'on the use of print by black artists in this country'. She hopes the research will be published in 'Print Quarterly' with a view to influencing V&A acquisition policy.
Mentions Maud Sulter.
Himid has used the back of the letter for notes and diagram on tai chi.
Format
Document - correspondence
Language
English
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