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- Robert Adams 1917–1984
- Title
- Sketchbook [round]
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- Graphite on round paper, diameter 89 mm, 18 pages
This series of small, round pages makes up Adams's last surviving sketchbook. They contain studies for his last bronze sculptures of 1980¿1, some of the 'Ovoid Variations', 'Crest', 'Pterinea Form' and 'Divergence 2', which were not exhibited publicly during his lifetime. - Format
- Bound volume - sketchbook
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs Pat Adams, widow of the artist, and her daughter Mrs Mary Adams Weatherhead, in 1984 and 1990.
- Reference
- TGA 8421/1/61
Archive context
- Personal papers and artworks of Robert Adams TGA 8421 (44)
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- Sketchbooks, drawings and records of work by Robert Adams TGA 8421/1 (25)
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- Sketchbook [round] TGA 8421/1/61