Series 03: Helen Lempriere and Keith Wood papers mainly regarding her art and exhibitions, 1954-1994

MLMSS 7849/Boxes 10-12

series

1954-1994

Textual Records, Clippings

840169

0.45 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

BOX 10

'Early Correspondence (1957) re. New York Show 1958.’, 1956-1958, being folder of correspondence with Barbara and Linley M. Stafford, with suggested invitation list for 1st American exhibition of the works of Helen Lempriere at the Chase Gallery, New York on 20 November 1957

‘Galerie Furstenberg / 1960-1963 / Publicity / Addresses / General Accounts / Alannah Coleman / Heal’s Gallery’, being blue clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work. Includes correspondence with Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, 1960-1964; and Alannah Coleman (Heal and Son Limited, London), 1962-1963

‘Leicester Galleries / Audley Square / London / David Jones / Art Gallery’, 1964-1966, being grey clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work

‘Utrechtse/ Kring / & de Vries’, 1957-1962, being red clip folder of papers regarding exhibitions and sales of Lempriere’s work. Includes correspondence with Hal Missingham, 1962; Frank de Vries (Utrechtse Kring Gallery, Utrecht), 1957-1962; and Fred Klein, 1957

‘Salons / + Amsterdam…’, 1954-1965, being red clip folder of papers regarding Lempriere’s art, particularly exhibitions and sales, and her literary work. Includes correspondence with Eric Westbrook (National Gallery of Victoria), 1960-1965; Robert Haines (Queensland Art Gallery), 1960; Herb Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1958-1960; Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales), 1960; Hal Missingham (Art Gallery of New South Wales), 1954-1960; Société des artistes indépendants (Paris, France); Zev [Daniel Albert Harris], 1960; Bella Brisel and Sioma Baram 1960-1961; Robert Mauchant (Biennale de Menton), 1955; Edouard Roditi, 1960; Averil Lysaght, 1960; George Ferguson, 1958-1959; Magdalene Sothmann, 1961-1963

BOX 11

‘Chase Gallery / 1959-‘60’, 1959-1961,being folder of correspondence mainly with Herbert Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1959-1961, and Hal Missingham, 1959

‘Martinus Liernur’, 1961-1962, being folder mainly of correspondence with Royal Netherlands Embassy, London and Kunsthandel Martinus Liernur, The Hague

‘Manfred Strake’, 1961-1963, being folder mainly of correspondence with Manfred Strake regarding proposed exhibition of Lempriere’s work in his gallery in Dusseldorf

Red folder of correspondence mainly with Sioma Baram and Bella Brisel, 1959-1964, and Weaver Hawkins, 1958, and Charles Bull (ABC), 1958, no date

Red folder of correspondence, 1958-1965, selected by Keith A. Wood, with newscutting regarding Lempriere’s retrospective exhibition at the Woolloomooloo Gallery, 6-24 July 1994. Correspondents include Sioma Baram, 1959-1960; Charles Bull (ABC), 1958; Robert Haines, 1962, 1964; Jeff [Joseph B.] Hanson, 1963; Gertrude Harris, 1962; Claud J. Herndon, 1964; Richard N. Kohl, 1964; Anita Le Tessier, 1964; Mitchell Library, 1962; Robyn Poignant, 196-; Joan Sutherland, 1965; Ric Throssell, 1963

‘Selfridge’s’, being folder of correspondence, 1957-1964, mainly with Barbara and Linley M. Stafford

‘Stuart Preston’, being folder of drafts of letter from Keith A. Wood to Stuart Preston (The New York Times), 3 Feb. 1960

Correspondence, 1972-1974, with and regarding marine naturalist, Julie Booth, and the financial support to assist her research on the submerged life of green turtles, while based on Fairfax Island, near Bundaberg, Queensland

Correspondence, 1959-1992, formerly in blue clip folder, regarding the Charlie Lempriere Prize, established by Helen Lempriere in honour of her late father and to be awarded annually at the discretion of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria

Clip folder of correspondence, 1958-1961, mainly with Arthur Phillips & Just, Solicitors and mainly regarding the estate of David Mitchell

BOX 12

‘D.E.O.L. Estate’, 1958-1962, being clip folder of correspondence regarding the estate of Mrs D. E. O. Lempriere

Newscuttings and printed material, 1954-1994, mainly regarding the art and exhibitions of Helen Lempriere

‘Miscellaneous’, 1957-1994, being folder mainly of correspondence with, among others, Herbert Chase (Chase Gallery, New York), 1957, and Linley M. Stafford, 1957; lists of paintings by Lempriere on 16mm film; and certificate of marriage between Keith A. Wood and Helen Lempriere, 15 June 1945