Robert Adams

Sketchbook

Front cover

Created by
Robert Adams 1917–1984
Date
Dimensions
279 × 444 mm
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In Tate Britain

Created by
Robert Adams 1917–1984
Title
Sketchbook
Date
Description
Graphite, ink, crayonon paper, 444 × 279 mm

Sand-coloured cover printed 'Daler Lay-out Pad'. Pages have been removed (originally 100 page pad). Contains sketches for possible architectural commission; possible studies for 'Rectangle with Holes No.2', 'Vertical Forms No.2', 'Screen with Slats', 'Folding Movement', 'Cylinder', 'Pierced Disc'; sketches and floor plans of a studio/building; studies of leaves, flowers and twigs.
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 8421/1/44