| Description | This file includes correspondence sent and received by Petherbridge concerning a wide range of activities undertaken in both a professional capacity as an artists, writer, and art educator, as well as in a personal capacity, including:
-solo exhibitions (e.g. The Concrete Armada and Other Drawings, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham 14 Feb 8 Mar 1979)
-correspondence with galleries (e.g. Contemporary Graphics, Athens; Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York; The Guggenheim Museum, New York)
-buyer and seller information of works of art (e.g. bound edition of The Siege of Pavia; 'The Revolving City')
-personal correspondence (e.g. contacts for travel to Iran; hospital appointments; thank you letters; letters of congratulations)
-professional invitations (e.g. 13th International Painters week in Syria)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. Leeds Polytechnic, The Slade, Architectural Association)
-grant and fellowship applications (e.g. DAAD Berlin Artists in Resident; Churchill Memorial fellowship)
-approaches to reproduce drawings in publications (e.g. TR press)
-gallery consignments (e.g. Angela Flowers Gallery; Metropolitan Museum Gallery, Terhran)
Of particular note:
-letter to Eugene Rosenberg, dated 5 Sep 1978, concerning Petherbridge's commission of drawings for lift shaft and vestibule
-letter to Farhad Bakhitar, a Persian Banker, dated 20 Sep 1978, concerning the unrest in Iran, the Hayward Gallery exhibition and other personal matters
-letter to Soudabeh Nayeri, Metropolitan Museum Gallery Tehran, dated 20 Sep 1978, concerning the Hayward Gallery exhibition, Petherbridge's trip to Iran and other personal matters |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Farhad Bakhitar, dated 20 Sep 1978, concerning unrest in Iran, the Hayward Gallery exhibition and other personal matters |
| Letter from Petherbridge to Soudabeh Nayeri, dated 20 Sep 1978, concerning the Hayward Gallery exhibition, Petherbridge's trip to Iran and other personal matters |