| Admin/Biog History | Petherbridge visited India again between 18 Oct-17 Dec 1987, for a second British Council organised lecture tour, which coincided with her 'Temple and Tenement' exhibition tour around India. She visited place in Southern and Eastern India, including: Hyberabad, Madras [Chennai], Delhi, Calcutta [Kolkata], Santiniketan, Bombay [Mumbai], Madra, Pradesh, Sanchi, Gujarat, Kanara [Canara, Karavali] and Kerala.
During the tour Petherbridge took part in the Henry Moore Symposium in Delhi, lecturing on Moore's influence (or lack of) on sculptors who were currently working in the field of monumental and public art.
At the end of the tour she visited Australia for a month before returning to London. |
| Description | This file includes correspondence concerning Petherbridge's visit to India (18 Oct-17 Dec 1987). It includes correspondence with friends and acquaintance concerning arrangements to meet, and recommendations of sites to visit. It also includes correspondence with various artists concerning the location of slides borrowed by Petherbridge for her lecture 'Moore and the Monumental'.
It also includes correspondence with the British Council related to the organisation of the tour.
Also includes:
-publicity ephemera from the Petherbridge's exhibition and lecture tour (e.g. poster, flyers)
-itineraries
-invitation cards for events
-travel notes
-travel ephemera (e.g. receipts, maps and newspaper cuttings)
[For further related material concerning Petherbridge's trips to India 1985-1986 and 1987, and subsequent exhibition see DSP/1/70, DSP/1/71, DSP/1/72, DSP/1/73, DSP/1/80, DSP/1/82, DSP/1/83, DSP/5/9, DSP/5/10, DSP/5/11, DSP/5/12 & DSP/5/13] |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Snehar (Snehal) Shah, dated 18 Sep 1987, concerning her visit to Ahmedabad, India and arrangements to meet |