| Description | This file includes correspondence sent and received by Petherbridge concerning a wide range of activities undertaken in both a professional capacity as an artist, art educator, and writer, as well as in a personal capacity, including:
-solo exhibition (e.g. 'India: Tombs & Temples' Angela Flowers, 23 Apr-17 May 1980)
-group exhibitions (e.g. 'Uroboros' included in 'Heads or Tails' at Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, 16 Dec 1980-14 Jan 1981)
-grant and fellowship applications (e.g. Arts Council funding; Greater London Arts Association; Visual Arts Award Scheme)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing arrangements to socialise; letters of congratulations)
-journalism (e.g. work for International Architect, Art Monthly, Financial Times; requests to review exhibitions and publications; sources of information for articles)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. Darlington College of Art; Oxford Architectural Student' Society)
-competitions (e.g. Art into Landscape 3; Holborn Station Open Competition for Artists)
-involvement in various association and groups (e.g. ACA Forum; Studio International)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. The Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; The Tate Gallery; Fischer Fine Art Limited)
-reproduction of images of Petherbridge's drawings (e.g. in publications and periodicals)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Rochdale Art Gallery)
-buyer and seller information of works of art (e.g. drawing sold to Basildon Arts Trust)
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to Adrian Phillips, Arlis & Philips Ltd., dated 5 Feb 1980, concerning Petherbridge's review of a specimen chapter from the proposed book 'Vernacular Buildings of the Iranian Plateau' by Elizabeth Baezley
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Meryle Secrest Beveridge, dated 3 Dec 1979-16 Jan 1980, concerning Secrest's book 'Being Bernard Bereson' and it's reception in the UK
-letter from Petherbridge to Alan Bowness, Director of the Tate Gallery, dated 30 May 1980, concerning her proposal for an exhibition which would trace the mutual pictorial influences between Indian and British artists |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Meryle Secrest Beveridge, dated 4 Jan 1980, concerning Secrest's book 'Being Bernard Bereson' and it's reception in the UK |